The development of health homes creates a unique opportunity to develop and implement care management models that meet the complex needs of high-need and high-cost patients. Incorporating CHWs into care management teams is an effective - and cost-effective - approach to achieving the goals of health homes. The roles and tasks CHWs perform already align well … [Read more...] about Making the Connection: The Role of Community Health Workers in Health Homes
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Predictors and a Framework for Fostering Community Advocacy as a Community Health Worker Core Function to Eliminate Health Disparities
In the United States, CHWs have been recognized as integral to providing patient-centered care and reducing health inequalities among disenfranchised groups. The workforce impact of CHWs is far-reaching in the realms of the prevention and control of chronic and infectious disease, the reduction of health care costs, and improved outreach, … [Read more...] about Predictors and a Framework for Fostering Community Advocacy as a Community Health Worker Core Function to Eliminate Health Disparities
Establishing a Professional Profile of Community Health Workers: Results from a National Study of Roles, Activities and Training
This paper presents results from the 2010 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (NCHWAS) in an effort to strengthen a generalized understanding of the CHW profession that can be integrated into ongoing efforts to improve the health care delivery system. Results indicate that regardless of geographical location, work setting, and demographic characteristics, CHWs … [Read more...] about Establishing a Professional Profile of Community Health Workers: Results from a National Study of Roles, Activities and Training
Provider counseling, health education, and community health workers: the Arizona WISEWOMAN project.
The Arizona Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) project used provider counseling, health education, and community health workers (CHWs) to target chronic disease risk factors in uninsured, primarily Hispanic women over age 50. All three interventions increased moderate-to-vigorous physical activity but not fruit and vegetable … [Read more...] about Provider counseling, health education, and community health workers: the Arizona WISEWOMAN project.
Community-based participatory development of a community health worker mental health outreach role to extend collaborative care in post-Katrina New Orleans
The REACH NOLA Mental Health Infrastructure and Training Project (MHIT) aimed to reduce disparities in access to and quality of services for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in post-Katrina New Orleans by developing a mental health outreach role for community health workers (CHWs) and case managers as a complement to the collaborative care model for … [Read more...] about Community-based participatory development of a community health worker mental health outreach role to extend collaborative care in post-Katrina New Orleans