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“Invest in Us!” Exploring the Well-Being and Sustainability of the Community Health Worker Workforce“Invest in Us!” Exploring the Well-Being and Sustainability of the Community Health Worker Workforce, 308713websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health practice-evaluationsada-m-wilkinson-lee dana-r-hunter katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown nury-stemple shanondora-billiot susan-mayfield-johnson toya-graham zoe-somerville308713
A Community Health Worker–Led Model of Training and Technical Assistance to Support National Community Health Worker Program Implementation for COVID-19 Response: United States, 2021–2025A Community Health Worker–Led Model of Training and Technical Assistance to Support National Community Health Worker Program Implementation for COVID-19 Response: United States, 2021–2025, 308665websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisashley-wennerstrom catherine-g-haywood erin-l-caple jennifer-park-mroch julie-smithwick kelsey-n-witmeier kira-wortmann lisa-renee-holderby-fox mary-pesik sherri-l-ohly soledad-bolden theresa-mason308665
A qualitative exploration of multilevel factors that support effective community health workerSocial worker collaboration and health equity, wwwmanuals-toolkits websitenational-chw-resourceswww
Achieving Health Equity via Community Health Worker Sustainability: A Rocky Path to a Crucial GoalAchieving Health Equity via Community Health Worker Sustainability: A Rocky Path to a Crucial Goal308759websiteamerican-journal-of-public-healthmary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins victoria-adewumi308759
Advancing Community Health Worker Survey Methods: Design and Implementation of the CCR CHW Survey Within a Nationwide Program EvaluationAdvancing Community Health Worker Survey Methods: Design and Implementation of the CCR CHW Survey Within a Nationwide Program Evaluation308733websiteamerican-journal-of-public-healthada-m-wilkinson-lee katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins zoe-baccam308733
Advocacy for Your ProfessionPresentation from the American Red Cross on Advocating for CHWs. Advocacy is a team sport, but many sports have members that play different positions. You …, , pdfpresentationsabout-chws advocacy legislationamerican-cancer-societypdf
Basics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with the PROOF AllianceThe Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance and the Proof Alliance webinar on the basics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the September Community Health …wwwwebinarsfetal-alcohol-spectrum-disordermnchwawww
Best Practices for Integrating Community Health Workers Into Care Teams and Organizations: Lessons From the Front LineBest Practices for Integrating Community Health Workers Into Care Teams and Organizations: Lessons From the Front Line, 308685websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee caroline-r-evans chidinma-a-ibe dana-r-hunter heidi-pottinger katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown mattea-pezza pennie-jewell308685
Breastfeeding Basics: Webinar 1 (Audio)Learn the lifelong health benefits, how to help Moms overcome difficulties getting started and gain cultural perspectives on the importance of breastfeeding.mp3webinarsbreastfeedingmnchwamp3
Breastfeeding Basics: Webinar 1 (Slides)Learn the lifelong health benefits, how to help Moms overcome difficulties getting started and gain cultural perspectives on the importance of breastfeeding.pdfpresentationsbreastfeedingmnchwapdf
Breastfeeding Basics: Webinar 2 (Slides)The role of breastfeeding in families and culture, breastfeeding and mental health and during emergencies, the role of the CHW in empowering women to breastfeed.pdfpresentationsbreastfeedingmnchwapdf
Breastfeeding Basics: Webinar 3 (Slides)What does it take to breastfeed while returing to work or school? How do CHWs empower women to advocate for themselves to continue breastfeeding? Pumping …pdfpresentationsbreastfeedingmnchwapdf
Characteristics and Congruence of the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Workforce and Communities Served, United States, 2024Characteristics and Congruence of the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Workforce and Communities Served, United States, 2024, 308734websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee dana-r-hunter floribella-redondo-martinez katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins pennie-jewell victoria-adewumi308734
CHW Oral Health Road MapThis report is a road map to better access and outcomes in oral health. It synthesizes findings from a nine-month project conducted by the Minnesota …, , pdfmanuals-toolkits reportsabout-chws oral-healthmnchwapdf
CHW Roles in Core Local Public Health ServicesIn 2014 the CDC and the State of Minnesota made a significant investment in Community Health Worker (CHW) strategies in local public health to reduce …, pdfmanuals-toolkits reportsemployer-resourcesmnchwapdf
CHW Standing Orders Fact SheetStanding orders are a vehicle to empower trained and supervised Community Health Workers (CHWs) to provide specific services to specific patient populations within organizational guidelines …, pdffact-sheets reportsabout-chwsmnchwapdf
CHW Value PropositionCommunity Health Workers (CHWs) are trusted, knowledgeable frontline health personnel who typically come from the communities they serve. As a result of their deep knowledge …, pdffact-sheets reportsabout-chwsmnchwapdf
Closing the health gap through social worker (SW) and community health worker (CHW) collaborationA qualitative study and conceptual frameworkwwwmanuals-toolkitsnational-chw-resourceswww
Community Health Work and Social Work CollaborationIntegration in Health Care and Public Health Settings A Conceptual Framework, aspxmanuals-toolkits websitenational-chw-resourcesaspx
Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide for EmployersThis Toolkit focuses on Community Health Workers (CHWs). Its purpose is to provide employers and prospective employers with practical guidance for organizational and practice integration …, pdfmanuals-toolkitsabout-chws employer-resourcesminnesota-department-of-healthpdf
Community Health Worker Toolkit: Capacity Building in Local Health DepartmentsCommunity health workers (CHWs) have a unique role to play in public health departments as frontline ambassadors and connections to communities that they serve. We …, pdfmanuals-toolkitslocal-health-departments national-chw-resourcesnational-association-of-county-city-health-officials university-of-minnesota-school-of-public-healthpdf
Community Health Worker Training Program: Apprenticeship Information for Community Health Workers (CHWs)You are eligible to be an apprentice at a registered apprenticeship site if you are a CHW Certificate holder, or if you are an active …, fact-sheetsapprenticeship chw-training-program
Community Health Worker Training Program: Apprenticeship Information for EmployersApprenticeship provides structured on-the-job training for CHWs. It is a path to promote successful onboarding and training. Employers can develop a training plan to include …fact-sheetsemployer-resources
Community Health Workers: CCR Was the Foundation, Not the Finish LineCommunity Health Workers: CCR Was the Foundation, Not the Finish Line308757websiteamerican-journal-of-public-healthmary-ellen-brown stewart-landers308757
Developing A Sustainable Plan for CHWs Kick-Off MeetingFull Presentation Slideshowpdfpresentationsabout-chwspdf
Effective Integration and Collaboration of Community Health Workers and Social WorkersEssential Strategies for Health and Social Service Systems, , pdfmanuals-toolkits presentationsemployer-resources national-chw-resourcespdf
Evaluating the Potential Influence of Federal COVID-19 Response Funding on the Building and Sustainability of the CHW WorkforceEvaluating the Potential Influence of Federal COVID-19 Response Funding on the Building and Sustainability of the CHW Workforce, 308646websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisalina-bardwell durrell-j-fox margaret-frankhouser marianne-mabida noelle-wiggins rachel-mccloud tabeth-tsitsi-jiri-beta terry-greene yu-fu-michael-chen308646
Examining Differences in Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Based on Organizational Experience With CHWs: A Call for CHW Workforce SustainabilityExamining Differences in Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Based on Organizational Experience With CHWs: A Call for CHW Workforce Sustainability, 308557websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-wilkinson-lee dana-hunter katie-c-stalker lorena-verdugo mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins tomas-nuno valerie-sanchez victoria-adewumi308557
Examining Patterns of Community Health Worker Core Roles Within the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Program: A Latent Class AnalysisExamining Patterns of Community Health Worker Core Roles Within the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Program: A Latent Class Analysis, 308655websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee flavio-marsiglia katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins victoria-adewumi308655
Experiences of Community Health Worker Employers in MinnesotaA review of CHW utilization, lessons learned, and future outlook from select organizations employing CHWs in Minnesota., pdfreportsabout-chws employer-resourceswilder-researchpdf
Harmonizing the Community Health Worker and Social Work Relationship to Advance Health Equity, pdfmanuals-toolkits presentationsnational-chw-resourcespdf
Health AffairsDual Certification Of Community Health Workers And Certified Peer Support Specialists Can Better Address Syndemics, , wwwfact-sheets reports websitenational-chw-resourceswww
Healthy Homes Provider Workshop and Roundtable ProceedingsIn February 2018 the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance offered an informational workshop and roundtable to increase the knowledge of healthy housing providers about CHW …pdfreportshousingmnchwapdf
Implementation Experiences From the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities InitiativeImplementation Experiences From the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Initiative, 308714websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health practice-evaluationsalejandro-alvarez alexandra-bonnet alissa-caron cynthia-masese durrell-fox mihaly-imre ojaswini-bakshi rodolfo-r-vega terry-greene308714
Involving Community Health Workers as Evaluation Leaders in a National Community Health Worker InitiativeInvolving Community Health Workers as Evaluation Leaders in a National Community Health Worker Initiative, 308605websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisdurrell-fox floribella-redondo keara-rodela noelle-wiggins nury-stemple sahlea-tubbeh victoria-adewumi308605
Key Elements of a Community-Engaged Approach to Evaluating a Nationwide Community Health Worker ProgramKey Elements of a Community-Engaged Approach to Evaluating a Nationwide Community Health Worker Program, 308659websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee durrell-j-fox katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins rodolfo-r-vega schell-mccrory victoria-adewumi308659
Kratom Impacts and RegulationThe Minnesota Public Health Non-Profit Collaborative hosted the first of many Lunch & Learn sessions, …, , zippresentations webinarspublic-health substance-usezip
Minnesota Department of Human Services CHW Provider ManualMinnesota Health Care Programs manual for providers, created and maintained by the Minnesota Department of Human Services., wwwmanuals-toolkitsabout-chws employer-resourcesminnesota-department-of-human-serviceswww
Multi-Cultural Perspectives in Cancer Outreach: American Indian PerspectivesThis webinar was presented by the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance. In this webinar, Joy Rivera of the American Indian Cancer Foundation brings attention to …, wwwwebinarscancer outreachmnchwawww
NACHW Document Resource CenterThe nation’s largest searchable collection of documents on policies around CHWs.wwwwebsitenational-chw-resourcesnational-association-of-community-health-workerswww
Overlapping Behavioral Characteristics & Related Mental Health Diagnoses in ChildrenOne page summary document, reviewed for accuracy by several Minnesota experts in Children’s Mental Health and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.pdffact-sheetsfetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorderminnesota-organization-on-fetal-alcohol-syndromepdf
Penn Center/IMPaCT Care Inc. ResourcesPublished research from IMPaCT Care Inc. As a CHW national center of excellence, we pioneered the concept of evidenced-based programs through leading-edge research, and are always …wwwwebsitenational-chw-resourcesimpact-care-incwww
PowerPoint: Basics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with the PROOF AlliancePPT Presentation: The Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance and the Proof Alliance webinar on the basics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the September …pdfpresentationsfetal-alcohol-spectrum-disordermnchwapdf
Results From and Preliminary Validation of the Workplace-Related Community Health Worker Common Indicators in a Large-Scale SampleResults From and Preliminary Validation of the Workplace-Related Community Health Worker Common Indicators in a Large-Scale Sample, 308641websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee celeste-sanchez-lloyd katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins pennie-jewell susan-mayfield-johnson tommy-english victoria-adewumi308641
Rural Assistance Center CHW ToolkitThis toolkit compiles promising practices and resources to support rural communities seeking to develop CHW programs. CHWs are public health or social service workers who …wwwmanuals-toolkitsabout-chwsrural-health-information-hubwww
Shaping the Future: A CHW-Led Movement to Achieve SustainabilityShaping the Future: A CHW-Led Movement to Achieve Sustainability, 308617websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health practice-evaluationsashley-wennerstrom honey-yang-estrada kelsey-witmeier kira-wortmann lesley-wolf sara-elise-bristol swanette-salazar308617
Social return on investment: Community Health Workers in cancer outreachA toolkit developed for the American Cancer Society – Midwest division by Wilder Research. The main goal of this economic analysis is to place the …, , , pdfmanuals-toolkits reportsabout-chws cancer employer-resourceswilder-researchpdf
The Costs of DisruptionThe Costs of Disruption308736websiteamerican-journal-of-public-healthada-m-wilkinson-lee flavio-f-marsiglia katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown308736
The Impact of Setting Characteristics on Community Health Worker Roles and COVID-19 Activities: An Examination of the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities ProgramThe Impact of Setting Characteristics on Community Health Worker Roles and COVID-19 Activities: An Examination of the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient …, 308660websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee chidinma-ibe flavio-marsiglia floribella-redondo-martinez katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown noelle-wiggins sahlea-tubbeh victoria-adewumi308660
The Role of Community Health Workers in Increasing Access to Essential Health and Social Services During the COVID-19 PandemicThe Role of Community Health Workers in Increasing Access to Essential Health and Social Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 308642websiteamerican-journal-of-public-health research-and-analysisada-m-wilkinson-lee durrell-j-fox flavio-f-marsiglia jennifer-rubio katie-c-stalker mary-ellen-brown mihaly-imre natalie-truesdell tabeth-t-jiri-beta308642
The State of the Community Health Worker Field in MinnesotaThe State of the Community Health Worker Field in Minnesota report provides a descriptive overview of the field within the broader context of national trends …, pdfreportsabout-chws employer-resourcesmnchwapdf
The Therapeutic Role of CHWs and Community in Healing TraumaCHWs can play a big role in addressing trauma in their clients and communities. This webinar covers trauma responses, strategies and best practices for CHWs …wwwwebinarstraumamnchwawww
This is What Trauma Looks Like: The Scientific and Biological Nature of TraumaTrauma overwhelms a person and impacts function and learning. It is connected to all the chronic illnesses CHWs see their clients. This webinar addresses trauma …wwwwebinarstraumamnchwawww
Two Studies Strengthen Pathways Community HUB Model Research Base, wwwreports websitenational-chw-resourceswww
Voices, Images, And Experiences Of Community Health Workers: Advancing Antiracist Policy And Practice, 00584reports websitenational-chw-resources00584
Why Should I Care About High Blood Pressure?This presentation provides information about high blood pressure – what it is, why you should care, risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and how …, pdfpresentationsblood-pressure outreachcommunity-wellness-partnerspdf