NACHW Brochure

Brochure for National Association of Community Health Workers

Role Development of Community Health Workers: An Examination of Selection and Training Processes in the Intervention Literature

Background: Research evaluating community health worker (CHW) programs inherently involves these natural community leaders in the research process, and often represents community-based participatory research (CBPR). Interpreting the results of CHW intervention studies and replicating their findings requires knowledge of how CHWs are selected and trained. Methods: A summative content analysis was performed to evaluate the […]

Establishing a professional profile of Community Health Workers: Results from a national study of roles, activities and training.

Abstract: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have gained national recognition for their role in addressing health disparities and are increasingly integrated into the health care delivery system. There is a lack of consensus, however, regarding empirical evidence on the impact of CHW interventions on health outcomes. In this paper, we present results from the 2010 National […]