ASTHO CHW Learning Community: Kentucky State Team Call – Agenda Setting and TA Needs Discussion (October 11, 2019)
Meeting minutes from Kentucky State Team Call. Objectives of meeting include: hearing updates from Kentucky state team on activities related to CHWs; discussing opportunities and challenges to help identify areas where ASTHO and SMEs can provide TA, and; agenda setting for the next 6 months and discussing sustainability considerations.
A Conceptual Framework for Addressing Social Needs Through the Accountable Health Communities Model
Objectives: To present a conceptual framework to address social needs through accountable health programs in the United States.We present our implementation of the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model as an example. Study Design: Conceptual framework and case study. Methods: Our conceptual framework of the AHC Model is adapted from the UK Rainbow Model of Integrated […]
Apprenticeships Answer Emerging Workforce Demands: Workforce Capacities Case Study
Results from a 2015 SI PPS partner survey indicated unmet training and job development needs. Health care delivery is moving towards a greater emphasis on community-focused care, creating new positions such as community health worker (CHW) and certified peer recovery advocate (CPRA). To help hospitals and health systems meet emerging workforce demands, SI PPS developed […]
Examination of Community Health Workers in Rural Pennsylvania
Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in the health care delivery system of rural Pennsylvania counties. With current shortages of health care professionals in rural Pennsylvania, CHWs may potentially play a significant role in the delivery of health services. Currently, however, the role of CHWs is not well defined. This may be due […]
State of Arizona House Bill 2426
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 10, to read: ARTICLE 10. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. Includes definitions, an outline of the CHW advisory board, rules for voluntary certification, and funding for CHW certification.
Community Health Worker Workforce: Assessment of the Integration and Financing of Community Health Workers within Arizona Medicaid Health Plans
The Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University (CHER-NAU) through funding from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and in collaboration with the University of Arizona, Arizona Prevention Research Center (AzPRC) aimed to engage Arizona health plan leadership in conversations about the integration and sustainability of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce […]
New ‘Baltimore Health Corps’ to Hire and Train Hundreds of Jobless Residents to Serve Neighborhoods Hardest-Hit by COVID-19
Press release regarding an innovative pilot program to equitably address Baltimore’s public health and employment challenges. The Baltimore Health Corps will recruit, train, and employ more than 300 residents who are currently jobless during the pandemic to serve as contact tracers and care coordinators for Baltimore City residents. Health Corps staff will be deployed to […]
Community Health Workers and Pandemic Preparedness: Current and Prospective Roles
Despite the importance of community health workers (CHWs) to health systems in resource-constrained environments, relatively little has been written about their contributions to pandemic preparedness. In this perspective piece, we draw from the response to the 2014 Ebola and 2015 Zika epidemics to review examples whereby CHWs contributed to health security and pandemic preparedness. CHWs […]
Bringing Community-Based Doula Care To New Jersey
Community-based doula care provides a powerful and personalized strategy for improving birth outcomes for mothers and babies. From prenatal planning to postpartum visits, doula care can impact more than a patient’s experience. Evidence demonstrates that doula care can play an important role in improving health outcomes by acting as a mitigating factor for maternal mortality, […]
Taking Innovation to Scale: Community Health Workers, Promotores, and the Triple Aim
This brief report provides an overview of preliminary findings, observations and recommendations from the California Health Workforce Alliance’s (CHWA) assessment of the current level of engagement and roles of community health workers among California’s health care safety net providers, and their contributions towards the achievement of the Triple Aim objectives. This study is intended to […]