Fact Sheet: Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification

Year:

2016

State:

NatDoc: National Document

Website Link:

Publicly Available:

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.

Fact Sheet: Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification

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