Authors: Balcazar, Rosenthal, Brownstein, Rush, Matos, Hernandez
Community health workers (CHWs) have gained increased visibility in the United States. We discuss how to strengthen the role of CHWs to enable them to become collaborative leaders in dramatically changing health care from “sickness care” systems to ones that provide comprehensive care for individuals and families and support community and tribal wellness.
We recommend drawing on the full spectrum of CHWs’ roles so that they can make optimal contributions to health systems and the building of community capacity for health and wellness.
We also urge that CHWs be integrated into ”community health teams” as part of “medical homes” and that evaluation frameworks be improved to better measure community wellness and systems change.
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Resource Topic: CHW Role, Chronic conditions, Community Health Workers/Volunteers
Resource Type: Journal articles, Research
Year: 2011
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Country: United States of America
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