Authors: CDC
This document provides guidance and resources for implementing policy recommendations to integrate CHWs into community-based efforts to prevent chronic disease. After providing general information on CHWs in the United States, it sets forth evidence demonstrating the value and impact of CHWs in preventing and managing a variety of chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, and cancer.
Link: Community Health Workers: Policy and Systems-Level Approach
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Resource Topic: Chronic conditions, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Policy, Prevention, Program Design
Resource Type: Best practices, Research, Tools
Year: 2013
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Publisher May Restrict Access: No