This article highlights how Community Health Workers (CHWs) can help meet health needs in American Indian communities by offering culturally appropriate support, health education, and trusted care. Although CHWs have shown success in improving health access, they are not fully included in home and community-based services due to challenges like lack of funding, training, and … [Read more...] about The role of community health workers in enhancing home and community-based services in American Indian communities
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CHWs Care Transition
CTI (Care Transitions Intervention) offers a 30-day program designed to improve patient wellbeing and reduce hospital readmissions. The program includes five encounters: a hospital visit, a home visit 1-3 days after discharge, and three follow-up phone calls. During this time, clients and their caregivers work with a Transitions Coach® to learn important self-management skills … [Read more...] about CHWs Care Transition
Opportunities for and Perceptions of Integrating Community Health Workers Via the Affordable Care Act: Medicaid Health Homes
Medicaid Health Homes (MHHs) are an innovative way to engage CHWs, seeking to improve patients' health by providing care coordination for chronic conditions via virtual health care networks for states with expanded Medicaid access. Through qualitative interviews, this study aimed to understand the perceptions of MHH administrators regarding CHW engagement in MHHs, along with … [Read more...] about Opportunities for and Perceptions of Integrating Community Health Workers Via the Affordable Care Act: Medicaid Health Homes
Early Lessons From Launching an Innovative Community Health Household Model Across 3 Country Contexts
Community health workers (CHWs) are an essential part of the health workforce and are integrated throughout health systems. Partners In Health (PIH), a nongovernmental organization, incorporated the “household model” (HHM) in 3 countries where larger health care system strengthening partnerships already exist. The HMM was deployed in Liberia, Mexico, and Malawi to address … [Read more...] about Early Lessons From Launching an Innovative Community Health Household Model Across 3 Country Contexts
Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural south African home visiting program
Community health worker (CHW) programs have been positioned to meet the needs of marginalized populations with inequitable access to health care. With increased technical focus on CHW work, the value of CHWs in building relationships with clients tends to be overlooked. More importantly, these programs are often reframed and redeployed without attending to the interests and … [Read more...] about Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural south African home visiting program