Community Health Worker Program Outcomes Measurement Survey
KY program outcomes measurement survey.
Community Health Worker Policy Working Groups
KY CHW policy work group breakout session handout regarding strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Community Health Worker Curriculum
KY CHW training curriculum. The protocol manual builds upon over 20 years of developing, implementing, and training Community Health Workers (CHWs). The training includes 40-hour didactic training and 80-hour practicum (shadowing experienced CHWs) within the three month orientation period. The training covers the major health and social problems encountered by Kentuckians. The manual was developed […]
Training Community Health Workers in Motivational Interviewing to Promote Cancer Screening
Health disparities researchers attempting to engage and effectively deliver interventions to underserved populations often encounter a number of challenges ranging from geographical considerations to more complex issues of medical mistrust. While there are a number of strategies researchers may employ to address these challenges, one of the most successful of these has been the use […]
2018 Conference Agenda
KYACHW conference agenda regarding the current status of CHWs in Kentucky, health and health insurance literacy, and understanding unconscious bias.
The Kentucky Homeplace Project: Family Health Care Advisers in Underserved Rural Communities
The Kentucky Homeplace Project (KHP) is a state-legislated program designed to address well-documented deficits in the health status of and health resources available to many of Kentucky’s rural residents. Since its inception in 1994, the KHP has served approximately 80,000 clients, primarily through home visits by trained, locally residing paraprofessionals known as family health care […]
Reducing the Risk of Postpartum Depression in a Low-Income Community Through a Community Health Worker Intervention
Objectives: To clarify the effectiveness of perinatal social support interventions in reducing postpartum depression among minority, low-income women. Methods The Transdisciplinary Research Consortium for Gulf Resilience on Women’s Health supported a community-based participatory research project to improve perinatal health among low-income, first-time pregnant women living in a vulnerable Gulf Coast region. Community health workers (CHWs) […]
Community Health Workers Improving FQHCs: What Can Louisiana Learn from the Rest of the Nation? Presentation
Presentation aims to describe the roles of CHWs and why the workforce is uniquely qualified to reach underserved, culturally diverse populations, to explain how CHWs functioning as FQHC team members can contribute to improving population health, and to discuss recent policy developments that can be leveraged to support CHWs in Louisiana.
Meeting Minutes – March 2, 2012
Community Health Worker Coalition of Indiana meeting minutes regarding the cost-effectiveness and physician engagement of community health workers and assessment of provider and insurer support and engagement of community health workers.
Meeting Minutes – May 4, 2012
Community Health Worker Coalition of Indiana meeting minutes regarding CHWs in rural communities and assignments for coalition/taskforce members.