A Cost Analysis of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Vermont
Studies have shown that community health workers (CHWs) can improve the effectiveness of health care systems; however, little has been reported about CHW program costs. We examined the costs of a program staffed by three CHWs associated with a small, rural hospital in Vermont. We used a standardized data collection tool to compile cost information […]
Policy Brief: Community Health Workers in Washington State
We recommend developing a platform or vehicle to support and recognize CHWs and their work, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of CHW programs and program model, and that an exploratory task force be convened to develop CHW road map outlining steps each key stakeholder would need to take to establish a CHW workforce for […]
Community Health Worker White Paper: Report and Recommendations
Paper intends to trigger a deeper, cross-sector, statewide conversation about CHWs that will result in a CHW road map for the state. The paper describes the history of CHWs, their effectiveness in achieving health outcomes and cost savings, highlights what other states have done, provides considerations and insights from the field in advancing the CHW […]
Recommendations for the Community Health Worker (CHW) Task Force – Workgroup on Roles, Skills, And Qualities
Recommendations from the CHW Task Force Workgroup on CHW roles, skills and qualities aims to address opportunities for Healthier Washington and partners to further the principles, roles, skills and qualities that underpin the work of Community Health Workers across the state.
Roles, Skills & Attributes Workgroup Agenda September 24th
The charge of this task force is to make recommendations at the policy and potentially, legislative level that will support the effective integration of CHWs into our health and health care systems.
Community Health Worker Task Force October 22, 2015 Meeting Summary
The task force had a brief summary of how its work related to the Healthier Washington and had a reminder of the charge of the task force to come up with actionable policy recommendations by December 18. The task force then moved to small group discussion of how CHW education and training could support the […]
Community Health Worker Task Force – Convening Webinar
Workgroup webinar for Healthier Washington and the Task Force’s charge to develop actionable policy recommendations to align the CHW Workforce with the Healthier Washington Initiative.
Building a Community Health Worker (CHW) Workforce in Washington State
Document focuses on building a CHW Workforce in Washington State to address the improvement of health overall by building healthy communities and the improvement of chronic illness care through better integration of care and social supports.
Link to August 28, 2015 Webinar
Link to YouTube video of webinar.
Community Health Worker Policy Initiative – Public Health Seattle-King County Final Report of Findings Under Contract PREV2635
This report provides context and some potential directions for several interrelated initiatives by Public Health Seattle & King County (PHSKC) involving Community Health Workers (CHWs). It is based on review of documents and informal interviews with local stakeholders and resource contacts around the country.