Community Health Worker Impact Estimator – CHW Model: Pediatric Asthma Intervention
This interactive calculator tool projects the caseload, budgetary, financial, and clinical impact that policy makers often request to show that funding CHW services is a worthwhile investment. This tool utilizes public health data to estimate the potential impact of a specific CHW pediatric asthma intervention model developed by the King County Asthma Program in Washington […]
South Carolina Framework for Community Health Worker Practice
A taskforce was formed in February, 2018 with the goal of developing an over-arching framework for community health workers (CHW) to be fully adopted in South Carolina (SC). A group of internal and external stakeholders met three times to determine what components are necessary for CHWs to be recognized as valuable and integrated members of […]
Recommendations for Internships for Community Health Worker Certification
The purpose of this document is to provide recommendations for how CHW internships will be structured for consideration by the Connecticut Community Health Worker Advisory Body. As part of the certification process, CHWs will be required to complete an internship. In addition to being trained or educated as a community health worker by an organization […]
Community Health Worker Intervention in Subsidized Housing: New York City, 2016–2017
From April 2016 to June 2017, the Health + Housing Project employed four community health workers who engaged residents of two subsidized housing buildings in New York City to address individuals’ broadly defined health needs, including social and economic risk factors. Following the intervention, we observed significant improvements in residents’ food security, ability to pay […]
Funding Model Worksheet – Draft
Explanations of various funding models for CHWs and how they might be employed in Montana.
2016 Committee on Research Next Generation of Community Health
The AHA’s Committee on Research (COR) is exploring what the next generation of community health may look like as hospitals redefine themselves to keep pace with the changing health care landscape. There will be different paths of transformation and different approaches taken to improve community health status. This report is intended to encourage activity within […]
Defining Peer Roles and Status Among Community Health Workers and Peer Support Specialists in Integrated Systems of Care
Current strategies for integrating general medical and behavioral health services focus primarily on improving the coordination of care and expanding team-based services. Absent from most discussion has been a focus on the workforces that provide the bulk of community-based outreach, engagement, activation, motivational support, and self-management: community health workers (CHWs) and peer support specialists (PSSs). […]
Diffusion Of Community Health Workers Within Medicaid Managed Care: A Strategy To Address Social Determinants Of Health
The integration of CHWs into the health care system in New Mexico began almost a decade ago when a relationship between the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC) and the New Mexico Medicaid system was born. As a capitated managed care system, the Medicaid program contracted with insurance companies, which saved money by […]
Community Health Worker Clinical Integration Toolkit – Incorporating CHWs into Care Teams and Clinical Processes: Strategies
The purpose of this toolkit is to illustrate different strategies for incorporating CHWs within Care Teams. Additionally, it will provide real-life case studies from various health entities throughout the nation to support the success of the implementation of these strategies.
Medicaid and Public Health Partnership Learning Series: Community Health Workers
The following resource provides insights into how Medicaid and state public health agencies may partner to explore using CHWs to deliver preventive services. It also outlines key Medicaid issues that states may need to consider when assessing this option. It is important to note that this resource focuses exclusively on the state plan amendment option […]
