Tools & Resources
Whether you are a busy clinician who wants to learn more about CHW strategies to help your patients and team, a public health student who is researching the CHW field, a community member who’d like to explore the CHW role as way to empower others, or a policymaker who wants to know how CHWs can help local constituents navigate complicated coverage and care systems, the following list of recent tools, articles and reports is intended to serve as a helpful digest.
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Reports
State of Minnesota’s CHW Field
Experiences of CHW Employers in Minnesota
CHW Roles in Core Public Health Services
Minnesota’s Health Care Homes and Chronic Disease Management: Understanding the Integration of CHWs Issue Brief (Coming soon)
CHW Standing Orders Fact Sheet
Healthy Homes Provider Workshop and Roundtable Proceedings
Social Return on Investment: Community Health Workers in Cancer Outreach
Experiences of CHW Employers in Minnesota
Tools
Basics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with the PROOF Alliance
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- FASD Basics – September CHW Training PowerPoint
- Overlapping Behavior Characteristics & Related Mental Health Diagnoses in Children: Overlapping-Characteristics-1-19-15-CBT
Presentation and Resources on the MN CHW Alliance Registry
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Penn Center Resources
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NACHW Document Resource Center
The nation’s largest searchable collection of documents on policies around CHWs.
Working Virtually with Clients
A Presentation by Wendy Potratz, CHW Faculty at Northwest Technical College, at the CHW Leadership Program
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Public Charge Rule
Advocacy for Your Profession
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Breastfeeding Basics Webinar: Part 1 of 3
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- PPT Presentation (PDF): Breastfeeding Basics Webinar Final_7.13.20
- Workshop One Opening Page
Breastfeeding Basics Webinar: Part 2 of 3
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Breastfeeding Basics Webinar: Part 3 of 3
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CHW Supervisor’s Roundtable, July 23, 2020
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Tara Nelson, CHW Supervisor at IMAA presents on models and workflows
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Heidi Favet, CHW Supervisor at Essentia Health presents on readiness for CHWs and supervision structure
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CHW Supervisor’s Roundtable, October 2022
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Resources
- Advancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations (PDF)
- The State of the Community Health Worker Field in Minnesota (PDF)
- Minnesota CHW Toolkit (PDF)
- Community Health Worker Roles in Core Local Public Health Services (PDF)
- Minnesota 2030 State Oral Health Plan
Webinars
Free LIVE Webinar Series: Health Disparities – Community Health Workers’ Resources
Learn more about health disparities and community health workers with the American Diabetes Association’s webinar series!
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Multi Cultural Perspectives in Cancer Outreach: American Indian Perspectives, March 20, 2019
This webinar was presented by the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance. In this webinar, Joy Rivera of the American Indian Cancer Foundation brings attention to multi-cultural perspectives including American Indian cancer burdens and solutions, strategies and best practices for CHWs and resources to educate others about Cancer. CHWs play an essential role in educating community members about cancer.
The Juniper System: Preventing Falls & Managing Chronic Conditions
Juniper delivers programs to help adults manage chronic health conditions through a network of local leaders, community organizations and health systems. Georgia Lane discusses the Juniper system across Minnesota, the classes offered and how Community Health Workers can be involved with Juniper.
Trauma 101: A Conceptual Framework for Community Health Workers
Faculty
- Dr. Antony Stately, Native American Community Clinic
- Kimberly Fowler, National Council on Urban Indian Health
- Sam Simmons, Simmons Consulting
- Hawa Jama, Community Health Worker, Health Partners
Community Health Workers often work with people and communities impacted by trauma. What is trauma? Why is it important for Community Health Workers and their supervisors to learn about and recognize trauma? What are the impacts of historic, political and community trauma? How does trauma impact specific communities CHWs serve? These and your additional questions will be addressed in this webinar.
This webinar is one of three webinars on trauma impacts and CHWs.
This is What Trauma Looks Like: The Scientific and Biological Nature of Trauma
Faculty
- Reesma Menakem, Justice Leadership Solutions
- Sr. Sara Langworthy, Developlay, LLC
- Marie Tran, CHW at MN Dept. of Health
Trauma overwhelms a person and impacts function and learning. It is connected to all the chronic illnesses CHWs see their clients. This webinar addresses trauma triggers, the chronic nature of trauma, biological effects and impacts on specific communities: African American, American Indian and Refugee.
The Therapeutic Role of CHWs and Community in Healing Trauma
Faculty
- Dr. Jami Bartgis, One Fire Associates
- Dr. Patricia Shannon, University of MN School of Social Work
- LaTanya Black, CHW Connect
- Vonyee Howard, Lutheran Social Services
CHWs can play a big role in addressing trauma in their clients and communities. This webinar covers trauma responses, strategies and best practices for CHWs and resources to educate others about trauma. Strategies for building individual capacity for healing and self-care for CHWs working with trauma will also be covered. Healing strategies for specific communities will be covered: African American, American Indian and Refugee.