Community Health Workers as Organizational Representatives in Clinical Settings
Authors: Sherman M, Covert H, Lichtveld M
Year: 2018
State: NatDoc: National Document
Website link: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/408363
Publicly Available: Yes
Evidence Generation: Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams, General other, Results from pilots studies etc. that aren't published in formal literature, Surveys and assessment tools to define and develop workforce
Sustainable Financing: Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams, Results from pilots studies etc. that aren't published in formal literature
Workforce Development: Data sharing between social services and clinical teams, General other (including mention of “employment practices”), Outreach education and TA to employers on CHW generally
This roundtable presentation seeks to unpack the bridging function of CHWs from a community health center’s perspective. Semi-structured interviews (n=21) were carried out in community health centers (predominantly federally qualified health centers) across four Gulf states with CHWs and CHW supervisors. Our results illustrate how CHWs served as bridge builders by acting as gatekeepers and ambassadors for the clinic.
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