CDC has compiled evidence-based research that supports the effectiveness of CHWs in the Community Health Worker Toolkit. The toolkit also includes information that state health departments can use to train and further build capacity for CHWs in their communities, as well as helpful resources that CHWs can use within their communities. … [Read more...] about Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit
Program Evaluation
An Action Guide on Community Health Workers (CHWs): Guidance for the CHW Workforce
This guide may be helpful to members, or prospective members, of the CHW workforce in a variety of ways. It summarizes evidence-based best practices that CHWs should seek to adopt or reinforce in their work with patients and families. It delineates possible quality indicators for high-quality CHW programs. This guide also provides background on key state policy … [Read more...] about An Action Guide on Community Health Workers (CHWs): Guidance for the CHW Workforce
An Action Guide on Community Health Workers (CHWs): Guidance for Organizations Working With CHWs
This guide provides information that may be helpful in various ways for organizations considering the employment of CHWs. It summarizes evidence-based best practices that organizations may wish to adopt or reinforce. It delineates possible quality indicators for high-quality CHW programs that may be used in discussions with payers. It provides background on key … [Read more...] about An Action Guide on Community Health Workers (CHWs): Guidance for Organizations Working With CHWs
CDC Evaluation Coffee Break: Evaluating CHW Programs
Hello, and welcome to today’s Coffee Break presented by the Evaluation and Program Effectiveness Team in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We are really fortunate to have Alberta Mirambeau as today’s presenter. Alberta is from CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and is a … [Read more...] about CDC Evaluation Coffee Break: Evaluating CHW Programs
A Community Health Worker “logic model”: towards a theory of enhanced performance in low- and middle-income countries
The purpose of this paper is to promote early and continuous causal thinking as decision makers design, implement, scale up, and evaluate CHW and other programs that are intended to positively affect the public’s health. The methods section describes how the generic CHW logic model was constructed, drawing explicitly on research … [Read more...] about A Community Health Worker “logic model”: towards a theory of enhanced performance in low- and middle-income countries