Community Health Workers in Vermont: Professional Identity Snapshot
This brief provides a summary of key data points derived from a May 2020 surveyi of 85 community health workers (CHW) and 24 CHW supervisors from across Vermont. The survey, conducted by the Vermont Department of Health (VDH), in collaboration with the Vermont CHW Steering Committee, represents an initial effort by VDH to collect information […]
Massachusetts House Bill No. 2229
An act to certify community health workers in Massachusetts. Amendment states there shall be a board of certification of community health workers hereinafter called the board. The board shall be included in the Division of Health Professions Licensure at the Department of Public Health. The board shall regulate the training and certification of community health […]
Who is a community health worker? – a systematic review of definitions
Objective: To identify the common themes in the definitions and descriptions of CHWs that will aid delineation within this cadre and distinguish CHWs from other healthcare providers. Results: We identified 119 papers that provided definitions of CHWs in 25 countries across 7 regions. The review shows CHWs as paraprofessionals or lay individuals with an in-depth […]
Evaluation of Community Health Workers in Pennsylvania – Presentation
Broad overview presentation of Community Health Workers and preliminary summary of results from a CHW study. This included identifying various types of organizations that use CHWs and how CHWs are utilized in rural counties. Objectives of the research included understanding the growth and labor market for CHW’s, various models of using CHW’s, and addressing barriers […]
Integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) into Health Care Organizations
Health care organizations increasingly employ community health workers (CHWs) to help address growing provider shortages, improve patient outcomes, and increase access to culturally sensitive care among traditionally inaccessible or disenfranchised patient populations. Scholarly interest in CHWs has grown in recent decades, but researchers tend to focus on how CHWs affect patient outcomes rather than whether […]
Documenting Community Health Worker Roles in Primary Care: Contributions to Evidence-Based Integration Into Health Care Teams
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provided community health workers (CHWs) with new opportunities, and current efforts develop evidence-based guidelines for CHW integration into clinical teams. This qualitative study documents CHW roles and activities in 3 federally qualified health care centers in southern Arizona. Community health worker clinical roles, activities, and integration varied by […]
Community Health Worker Institute Announces Inaugural Cohort of the SC Community Health Worker Program
The South Carolina Community Health Worker Ambassadors Program (SC CHW Ambassadors) is an initiative dedicated to advancing the CHW workforce in South Carolina. The SC CHW Ambassadors Program will have a diverse group of Ambassadors to serve each year to provide expertise, advice, and guidance to state-wide partners and fellow CHWs across the state.
Reciprocity and Career Advancement for CHWs: South Carolina CHW Learning Community Presentation
This presentation examines reciprocity in state CHW certification programs, explores career pathway issues, and plans next steps for the South Carolina CHW Workforce Development Effort.
SCCHWA Strategic Plan
The South Carolina Community Health Worker Association (SCCHWA) aims to elevate the understanding and use of Community Health Workers in South Carolina. In moving forward, SCCHWA understands the importance of adopting a statewide Community Health Worker Framework and a Strategic Plan to focus efforts. To address this need, SCCHWA Executive Leadership committee members, other association […]
Promotoras and the Semantic Gap Between Latino Community Health Researchers and Latino Communities
Promotoras are identified as a unique group of community health workers adept at reducing health di parities. This qualitative study was conducted to better understand perceptions of the term promotora, broadly used in research but not well documented in everyday Latina vocabulary. Six focus groups to better understand perceptions of the term “promotora” were conducted […]