“Health for justice, justice for health” – these ideals outline the connection between health, human rights, and social justice. This is also the message the United Nations aims to promote through the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26th June 2019. The opioid epidemic has progressed drastically in the United States since the 1990s. Drug … [Read more...] about CHWs Addressing Addiction
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Using the ECHO model to support CHWs
Imagine an online community, built intentionally to share expert public health knowledge and community-level experience with community health workers. What if this community connected rural CHWs with teams of expert CHWs and medical specialists, who mentored and coached them on the best ways to meet the social and health needs of their patients? What if these communities of … [Read more...] about Using the ECHO model to support CHWs
Companion Care: Creating and Maintaining Connections with Primary Care through a Community-Based Accompaniment Program
Context: As of 2018, an estimated 53,000 individuals were experiencing homelessness throughout Los Angeles County.i Nearly one-third describe their health as poor, and the American Public Health Association reports that 73% of individuals experiencing homelessness nationwide describe ≥ 1 unmet health need.ii Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) represent one … [Read more...] about Companion Care: Creating and Maintaining Connections with Primary Care through a Community-Based Accompaniment Program
“Success lies within the community:” A comprehensive approach to sustainably strengthening the health system though a village health worker-centered program
Program Context: The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) is a local non-governmental organization (NGO) serving over 250 villages around Jamkhed in rural Maharashtra, India. Each village has an average population of 1,000. When CRHP was founded in 1970, health indicators in the area were among the worst in India. The infant mortality rate in 1971, for example, was 176 per … [Read more...] about “Success lies within the community:” A comprehensive approach to sustainably strengthening the health system though a village health worker-centered program
A Community Organizing Approach to Identify and Address Barriers to Healthcare for Patients with XDP in Panay Island, Philippines
Program context: Serving patients with rare diseases presents significant challenges to well-developed health systems. In remote and underserved settings, patients with rare diseases are often neglected altogether. This case study shows how a community health worker approach, using “community advocates,” improves patient care and outcomes in even the most remote and … [Read more...] about A Community Organizing Approach to Identify and Address Barriers to Healthcare for Patients with XDP in Panay Island, Philippines