Research evaluating community health worker (CHW) programs inherently involves these natural community leaders in the research process, and often represents community-based participatory research (CBPR). Interpreting the results of CHW intervention studies and replicating their findings requires knowledge of how CHWs are selected and trained. Consistent reporting … [Read more...] about Role Development of Community Health Workers: An Examination of Selection and Training Processes in the Intervention Literature
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Lay Health Advisor Training Manual For Breast and Cervical Health
The North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program (NC-BCSP) is devoted to reducing the difference between black and white women’s breast and cervical cancer screening rates and ultimately closing the breast and cervical cancer racial gap that still exists. Our project uses a lay health advisor network to increase cancer screening among older black women in rural communities of … [Read more...] about Lay Health Advisor Training Manual For Breast and Cervical Health
Four U.S. Border States’Community Health Worker Training Needs Assessment
Community Health Workers (CHW) are used throughout the world to promote good health, provide health education, assist in the prevention of disease, and provide basic health and medical care in their communities. CHWs serve the role of front line public health workers in the U.S.-Mexico border region. In the border region, these workers are commonly known … [Read more...] about Four U.S. Border States’Community Health Worker Training Needs Assessment
Community Health Workers in Diabetes Management and Prevention American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Position Paper
A complex set of social, political, historical, environmental, cultural and behavioral factors influence both the management of type 2 diabetes and the sustainability of diabetes self-care practices. No single set of interventions is capable of addressing all of these influences. Rather, multiple approaches that include education, social support, and community … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers in Diabetes Management and Prevention American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Position Paper
Community Health Workers: Integral Members of the Health Care Work Force
As the US health care system strives to function efficiently, encourage preventive and primary care, improve quality, and overcome nonfinancial barriers to care, the potential exists for community health workers to further these goals. Community health workers can increase access to care and facilitate appropriate use of health resources by providing outreach and cultural … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers: Integral Members of the Health Care Work Force