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Community-based health approaches of the 1960’s and 1970’s emerged in response to dominant medical models that, although effective, were largely inaccessible. Today, the U.S. is facing a similar crisis in youth mental health wherein dominant service models are insufficient. The field has devel...
Engaging Community Health Workers to Support Home-based Care for People with COVID-19 in Low-Resource Non-U.S. Settings. Atlanta, United States. 2022 [updated 21 Jan 2022]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/global-covid-19/home-based-care.html. Webel AR, Okon...
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“There is no empirical evidence showing that [community health workers] with certification perform their job better than CHWs without certification,” the CDC reported.[10] In lieu of mandatory certification, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, a nonprofit focused on impr...
Study Design: During 2017–2020, using process theory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and external partners conducted a multi‐phase study to explore state‐level CHW workforce development processes. The study team engaged subject matter experts, conducted key informant interviews...
An optimal study design for assessing the effect of the home visits program should include verification of the diagnosis by a physician or other reliable health worker. These results were obtained with trained CHWs in a research setting rather than in an implementation program. Quality of the ...
(CDC), Community Preventative Services Task Force identified evidence gaps in CHW recruitment methods [10]. Many CHW recruitment efforts begin with healthcare providers initiating recruitment without involvement of the community being served [11]. In 1989, the World Health Organization stated “CHWs ...
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