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A qualitative exploration of multilevel factors that support effective community health worker

Social worker collaboration and health …

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CHW Oral Health Road Map

This 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 Community Health Worker Alliance to examine gaps in oral health services and identify opportunities to broaden adoption of the CHW role in order to improve oral health access, increase prevention education and achieve improved outcomes for populations facing disparities.

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CHW Roles in Core Local Public Health Services

In 2014 the CDC and the State of Minnesota made a significant investment in Community Health Worker (CHW) strategies in local public health to reduce and prevent prediabetes and hypertension in four areas of Minnesota. This report documents the details and results of that investment. Known as the Community Wellness Grant (CWG), this project allowed local public health to invest in personnel, supervision, and build infrastructure to support CHWs. The results are impressive and show the potential and impact of CHWs far beyond diabetes and hypertension. The lessons learned and recommendations will help local public health departments long after the end of the grant. Most importantly, the report documents the critical roles of CHWs as an important component of local public health departments and their work to improve the health of all, including the importance of addressing the social determinants of health (SDH).

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Closing the health gap through social worker (SW) and community health worker (CHW) collaboration

A qualitative study and conceptual …

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Community Health Work and Social Work Collaboration

Integration in Health Care and Public Health Settings A Conceptual …

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Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit: A Guide for Employers

This Toolkit focuses on Community Health Workers (CHWs). Its purpose is to provide employers and prospective employers with practical guidance for organizational and practice integration of CHWs, and to understand the education and competencies of CHWs.

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Community Health Worker Toolkit: Capacity Building in Local Health Departments

Community health workers (CHWs) have a unique role to play in public health departments as frontline ambassadors and connections to communities that they serve. We created this toolkit to assist local health departments (LHDs)
in creating sustainable recruitment and retention strategies to CHWs. To form this toolkit, we conducted searches
of peer-reviewed literature and community-based resources on terms relevant to CHWs, with an emphasis on
CHWs working in public health settings. We condensed the search results into a toolkit of findings with trends
and best practices, example programs and resources, and specific recommendations for LHDs. Our findings and recommendations focus on integration of CHWs into local health departments, attracting diverse candidates and the hiring process, skills and associated equitable compensation, and retention strategies for building out this critical workforce.

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Effective Integration and Collaboration of Community Health Workers and Social Workers

Essential Strategies for Health and Social Service …

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Harmonizing the Community Health Worker and Social Work Relationship to Advance Health Equity

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Minnesota Department of Human Services CHW Provider Manual

Minnesota Health Care Programs manual for providers, created and maintained by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

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Rural Assistance Center CHW Toolkit

This toolkit compiles promising practices and resources to support rural communities seeking to develop CHW programs. CHWs are public health or social service workers who are close to and serve members of the community by helping them to adopt healthy behaviors. They may also be known as community health representatives, lay health workers, promotoras, peer health promoters, and peer health educators. CHWs play many important roles in rural communities.

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Social return on investment: Community Health Workers in cancer outreach

A toolkit developed for the American Cancer Society – Midwest division by Wilder Research. The main goal of this economic analysis is to place the economic outcomes generated by
CHWs in a cost benefit framework for defensibly measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) in this type of interventions. We consider the costs and benefits from the perspective
of participants, taxpayers, and programs. The ROI estimates reflect the net benefits for the whole society.

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