State Approaches to Community Health Worker Certification
2024年3月19日 · A community health worker (CHW) is a frontline public health professional that shares life experience, trust, compassion, cultural, and value alignment with the communities they serve. CHWs can work in a variety of settings and health issue areas , including disease control and prevention, maternal and infant health, oral health, and addressing ...
This document is intended to support state health agency efforts around community health worker (HW) workforce development. The table summarizes 18 states’ HW training standards an d alignment with the core competencies set forth in the 2016 CHW Core Consensus (C3) Project recommendations.
Promoting Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker …
2024年7月26日 · They are critical in elevating CHW and community perspectives, and ensuring that the community organizations hiring CHWs can access relevant financing systems. Further, public health leadership can raise awareness of new funding streams, track their utilization, and see that these new policy options “stick.”
Materials for Community Health Worker Programs CDC A Community Health Worker Training Resource Use a variety of funding sources (CDC, Medicaid, and/or HRSA funding opportunities) to compensate CHWs as full-time Compensation salaried workers to perform their full scope of work. Building Capacity for Community Health Worker Integration: Three Key ...
Why Kentucky Chose to Pursue Community Health Worker …
2023年6月13日 · Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in improving public health outcomes by serving as a bridge between systems of care and the communities they serve. They are often trusted members of the communities they work in and can provide culturally appropriate and linguistically accessible health services and information to individuals ...
Community Health Workers - ASTHO
ASTHO supports community health workers (CHWs) and champions the valuable role they play in public health. ASTHO provides state and territorial health agencies with resources on how to integrate CHWs in their public health practice, as well as build an infrastructure for CHW workforce development, such as exploring financing options and certifica
gap in health disparities. The number of research articles on the impact of CHW-led interventions and programs has escalated dramatically over the past fifty years, and the scientific rigor of study designs has improved notably. Figure 1. Number of studies on community health workers. 1964–1973 14 1994–2003 252 2014–2016 574
Investing in Community Health Workers Is Vital to Population Health
2024年7月26日 · And so the community health worker, we also had a social worker as part of the team in our health department, but the community health worker, I mean, they were, you know, at the hospital, they were on the phone, they really were a support, almost like a best friend, big sister type of support for this woman, because I'm saying all these things ...
• Family support worker • Patient navigator • Community health representative • Promotores de salud Examples of Settings • Hospitals • Community health centers • Managed care organizations • Substance abuse service providers • State and municipal health departments • Community-based organizations • Public housing ...
Helping Community Health Workers Excel in the Public Health
2024年7月23日 · In 2023, Congress passed a resolution declaring Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 as National Community Health Worker Awareness Week, and CHWs were added to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook. Despite this, many people—specifically, those with the power and influence to hire CHWs—are still unaware of the work and impact of ...