Impact on Texas if Medicaid is Eliminated
House Bill 497, passed by the 81st Texas Legislature, directs that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) conduct a study “to determine the effect on the health care infrastructure in this state if the state Medicaid program is abolished or a severe reduction in federal matching […]
Children’s reporting of food insecurity in predominately food insecure households in Texas border colonias
Background: Food insecurity is associated with detrimental physical, psychological, behavioral, social, and educational functioning in children and adults. Greater than one-quarter of all Hispanic households in the U.S. are food insecure. Hispanic families in the U.S. comprise 30% of households with food insecurity at the child level, the most severe form of the condition. Methods: […]
Texas’ Community Health Workforce: From State Health Promotion Policy to Community-level Practice
Promotores, a community health safety net and a natural extension of the health and human services agencies, improve health at the neighborhood level. Certification brings renewed commitment to serving others and a distinction to those who have been the unsung heroes of public health for decades.
The Outcome Evaluation of a CHW Cancer Prevention Intervention: Testing Individual and Multilevel Predictors Among Hispanics Living Along the Texas-Mexico Border
Abstract This paper evaluates the effectiveness of community health workers/promotores (CHWs) in promoting cancer preventive behaviors in the 2011–2013 Education to Promote Improved Cancer Outcomes (ÉPICO) project. The ÉPICO project utilized CHWs to disseminate cancer education to predominately Spanish-speaking Hispanics living in colonias in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The CHWs received training […]
Update – August 2016
Promotor(a)/CHW program data and instructor demographics.
RI CHW Meeting Flyer – April 2017
Email to Carl rush with a flyer for a CHW conference attached.
Community Health Workers in Rhode Island: Growing a public health workforce for a healthier state
This study presents a snapshot of CHW employers in the state, gathers collective wisdom and stakeholders’ perspectives about how to pay for a community health workforce, and highlights promising opportunities to grow and sustain the field.
Rhode Island State Innovation Model (SIM): A Healthcare system transformation initiative – scan
Rhode Island’s payment system is changing to focus more on value and less on volume. If SIM makes investments to support providers and empower patients to adapt to these changes, and we address the social and environmental determinants of health, then we will improve our population health and move toward our vision of the Triple […]
Pages from CCHW Grandparenting Application
Grandparenting application page for supervisors to complete regarding the number of hours a CHW worked in each specified domain.
Promotoras de Salud: Roles, Responsibilities, and Contributions in a Multi-Site Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
There is widespread recognition of the cultural and linguistic appropriateness of promotoras de salud (a Spanish term for community health workers) in health education and outreach among Hispanic communities. Yet there are significant gaps in the literature regarding the preparation, implementation and evaluation of promotoras’ engagement in research. To address this gap, we examine promotoras’ […]