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Fact Sheet: Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification

Year:
2016
State:
NatDoc: National Document
Website Link:
Publicly Available:
No
Billing and Reimbursement:
Certification:
Competencies, Process and development, State input in process, Training and training programs
Evidence Generation:
Policy:
Sustainable Financing:​
Workforce Development:

Summary

Fact sheet on CHW certification with an explanation of why CHWs are effective, a list of the core skills CHWs possess, an explanation of the distinctive CHW capabilities, elaboration of certification process issues and stakeholder beliefs and preconceptions, and an outline for creating a responsive certification system.