Promising Practices for Rural Community Health Worker Programs
An evaluation brief exploring six CHW models used in rural communities in order to identify promising practices that could be replicated in other rural communities.
Impact of the Partners for Children Pilot Program on Medicaid Utilization and Expenditures: Follow Up Report
This report on the Michigan Partners for Children program is a helpful cost effectiveness resource, referenced in Steve Fitton’s paper, A Perspective on Cost Effectiveness in Pediatric Comprehensive Complex Care Service Models.
Keys to Successful Implementation of Community-Based Outreach and Navigation: Lessons from a Breast Health Navigation Program
An article from the Journal of Cancer Education. Describes a community health worker intervention to address racial disparities in breast cancer mortality. Presents the measurement tools used in the study and offers tools for adapting the program to other settings.
Strategies to Improve the Integration of Community Health Workers Into Health Care Teams: “A Little Fish in a Big Pond”
An article from the peer-reviewed journal, Preventing Chronic Disease, Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy. Investigates the opportunities and challenges of integrating CHW into health care systems, from the perspective of the CHW community.
Confronting Transportation Barriers in HIV Treatment with a Bike Exchange Program
Learn how the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department confronted transportation barriers by providing bikes to clients with HIV. The staff’s simple strategy may be a best practice for future interventions.
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is an insurance program that is jointly financed by federal and state dollars, and is administered by each state. CHIP provides health care coverage to uninsured children up to age 19 whose family income is too high for Medicaid, but less than sta [...]
Peer knowledge and roles in supporting access to care and treatment
“Positive Examples”: A bottom-up approach to identifying best practices in HIV care and treatment based on the experiences of peer educators
Community Outreach Programs and Major Adherence Lapses with Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Kakamega, Kenya
Analyzes factors leading to lapses in adherence with antiretroviral therapy, as well as the role of community health workers in helping patients resume treatment. Abstract available on Taylor and Francis website. (You may need to purchase the full text article.)
Advancing Understanding of the Sustainability of Lay Health Advisor (LHA) Programs for African-American Women in Community Settings
An article from Translational Behavioral Medicine. Proposes strategies to sustain a lay health advisor model for promoting cancer screening among African American women based on the experiences of current lay health advisors.
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