This publication offers a curriculum that is designed to build the skills of community-level workers, such as community development agents, CHWs, and agriculture extension agents, to be more effective behavior change promoters in their communities. This guide was developed drawing on the experiences of Social and Behavioral Change (SBC) specialists from multiple … [Read more...] about Make Me a Change Agent: A Multisectorial SBC Resource for Community Workers and Field Staff
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Community health workers in the wake of health care reform
As the United States transforms its health system, many policymakers are turning to community health workers to tackle some of the most challenging aspects of health improvement, such as facilitating care coordination, enhancing access to community-based services, mitigating the impacts of the social determinants of health, addressing health disparities, and … [Read more...] about Community health workers in the wake of health care reform
Community health workers recruitment from within: an inner-city neighborhood-driven framework
Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of the community served. Among other roles, they are effective in closing critical communication gap between healthcare providers and patients as they possess key abilities to overcome cultural barriers, minimize disparities, and … [Read more...] about Community health workers recruitment from within: an inner-city neighborhood-driven framework
Interprofessional Teamwork and Collaboration Between Community Health Workers and Healthcare Teams: An Integrative Review
Community health workers (CHWs) can improve outcomes for underserved people. Evidence exists that CHW interventions in underserved populations improve health care management, disease prevention, and health promotion. Community health workers improve management of chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, maternal–child health issues, increase health promotion activities … [Read more...] about Interprofessional Teamwork and Collaboration Between Community Health Workers and Healthcare Teams: An Integrative Review
CHWs and Social Determinants of Health: How Far Upstream Are We looking?
Shared during the 2015 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual meeting, Geoff Wilkinson and Durrell Fox presentation focused on community health workers and the social determinants of health. This document shares ways CHWs can help improve the negative effects of social determinants of health, describes risks associated with imprecise thinking about CHW impacts and the … [Read more...] about CHWs and Social Determinants of Health: How Far Upstream Are We looking?