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Engagement, Education, Resources, and Empowerment: The Essential Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Webinar 1 (2018)
Provides an overview of the opioid epidemic, both at a federal and state-level, focusing on origins and trends related to opioid use disorder and opioid overdose. Discussion of the impact of the opioid epidemic on communities and special populations, including any emerging health disparities and provides education on how opioidRead more…
Coronavirus Seminar Series: Mental Health in a Time of Crisis (2020)
This seminar explores population mental health in the context of COVID-19.
A GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) PROGRAM IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV CARE (2018)
Improving HIV Outcomes through the Integration of CHWs in Care Teams
Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs (2022)
Learn to deliver high-quality primary health care at scale through national community health worker programs.
Training to increase vaccine confidence while reinforcing basic Covid 19 prevention measures (2021)
This guide aims to explain how community health workers can use the resources to build vaccine confidence in communities and collaborate with organizations that provide direct services.
Opioid Use Disorder Course ()
Trainees will gain knowledge in treatment, recovery, harm reduction, and conducting outreach programs in their communities.
Breast Cancer Prevention Detection & Treatment (2018)
Colorectal, Cervical, Breast, Liver, and Lung Cancer prevention, detection, treatment
Talking to Teens in the Era of Recreational Cannabis Legalization (2017)
Learn the latest effects of cannabis on youth development, review lessons learned from other states that have legalized cannabis, and ways to communicate with youth and parents about the risks of cannabis use.
Community health volunteers challenges and preferred income generating activities for sustainability: a qualitative case study of rural Kilifi, Kenya (2021)
Although community health volunteers are key in providing healthcare to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), retention of CHVs can be difficult. Income-generating activities (IGAs) have been known to decrease turnover rates. The authors of this study examined barriers to income generation experienced by CHVs in rural Kenya, as well asRead more…
Incentive preferences for community health volunteers in Kenya: findings from a discrete choice experiment (2021)
There are many community health volunteer incentivization methods, financial and non-financial; however, there is little research to understand what combination of financial and non-financial incentives optimize CHV performance. The authors of this study examine which incentives CHVs preferred and found that they preferred incentives that provided a high monthly stipend,Read more…
Promissory Capital: State Legitimacy among Women Community Health Workers in India (2021)
In India, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) play a vital role in providing care for marginalized communities. ASHAs remain hopeful that their role as vital community health workers will eventually become professionalized through the government. The author of this article argues that the state’s ability to provide hope to itsRead more…
The Community Health Worker (CHW) Common Indicators Project: Engaging CHWs in Measurement to Sustain the Profession (2021)
Community health workers are essential members of the healthcare workforce, but standardized measures to evaluate their effectiveness are lacking. Researchers detailed the United States CHW Common Indicators (CI) Project, which aims to develop standardized evaluation measures to further support and elevate the work of CHWs. Although the CI Project succeededRead more…
Community Participatory Approach to Identify Common Evaluation Indicators for Community Health Worker Practice (2020)
Community health workers (CHWs) are well-positioned to help reduce health inequities in the United States. Rodela and co-authors conducted a six-year community-academic partnership in the United States using qualitative methods to identify common CHW processes and outcome indicators. They identified 20 common constructs and suggest that a common set ofRead more…
Willingness to pay for community delivery of antiretroviral treatment in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey (2020)
Community health workers (CHW) leading the delivery of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) could increase the number of people receiving this treatment and alleviate the burden on healthcare facilities. Based in Dar es Salaam, this cross-sectional study aimed to determine patients’ willingness to pay (WTP) for CHW-led ART community delivery. TheRead more…
Acceptability of patient-centered hypertension education delivered by community health workers among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda (2021)
The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) threatens to undermine the global progress that has been made to manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Hypertension (HTN) is the most common NCD and its prevalence among PLWHA has doubled over the past decade. However, knowledge of theRead more…
Studying Executive Directors and Supervisors Views of Organizational and Policy-Level Challenges Faced by Community Health Workers (2021)
This study examines the policy barriers that affect CHW programs in the United States. Key findings indicate that funding, accessibility of evidence-based practices, and certification processes were significant policy barriers to CHW program development. The authors call for the greater integration of the CHW workforce into the policy frameworks ofRead more…
Diabetes management among underserved older adults through telemedicine and community health workers (2021)
In the United States, individuals from marginalized communities experience higher disease burden from diabetes. This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of CHW-led interventions to improve diabetes-related outcomes in older adults diagnosed with diabetes. It found that CHW-led interventions were effective at improving diabetes-related outcomes and adds to the growing bodyRead more…
Effect of community health workers’ visits on uptake of modern contraception among rural women of reproductive age in Nigeria (2020)
This study assessed the effectiveness of CHW visits on the uptake of modern contraception in rural Nigeria. The authors found that women who talked with a CHW had 50% higher odds of reporting contraceptive use than those who did not talk with a CHW. This study highlights the value inRead more…
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Insights from State-level Efforts to Implement Community Health Worker Certification (2021)
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are gaining recognition in the United States as essential members of the healthcare workforce. This qualitative study analyzed the CHW certification process in seven US states to further understand effective CHW workforce development and professionalization. Investigators identified requiring education and verifying CHWs are from the communityRead more…
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