1. Guide For Communities And Community Health Workers Training

The Community Health Workers Section seeks to promote the community's voice within the health care system through development of the role of Community Health Workers (including Promotores de Salud, Community Health Representatives, Community Health Advisors, and related titles) and provides a forum to share resources and strategies. The CHW Section has adopted the following definition of a community health worker: A community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. A community health worker also builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.

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Guide For Communities And Community Health Workers Training

Healthy villages: a guide for communities and community health workers. By Howard, Guy; World. Publisher Geneva: World Health Organization.

Policy brief reviewing research findings on community health worker (CHW) integration, and discussing how CHWs can help bridge healthcare gaps in rural communities. Also reviews various state policies related to CHWs, identifies a number of care settings where CHWs are working in rural areas, and makes policy recommendations to support the continued integration of CHWs into the rural healthcare delivery system. Author(s): Kailyn Dorhauer Mock, Tracy Morton, Prisci Quijada, Julie St. John Date: 02/2017 Type: Document Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association. Assists healthcare agencies in collaborating with CHWs or integrating them into interdisciplinary care teams. Addresses gaps in the CHW literature and assists healthcare administrators, public health professionals, healthcare providers, CHWs, and communities in designing and implementing CHW interventions. Owners manual peterbilt 387 2010. Highlights 7 CHW models including care coordinators, health educators, and promotoras in rural, migrant communities.

Author(s): Melissa Gutierrez Kapheim, Jamie Campbell Date: 01/2014 Type: Document. Discusses strategies that states have used to improve healthcare in rural communities. Covers workforce pipeline initiatives, long-term care services, behavioral health, emergency medical services, wellness and prevention, rural health clinics, school-based health centers, telehealth, recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals, loan repayment programs, and community health workers. Author(s): Kristine Goodwin, Laura Tobler Date: 11/2013 Type: Document Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures. The Rural Health Information Hub is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S.

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