Show simple item record

Community Health Worker Roles and Responsibilities in Rural and Urban America

dc.creatorCallaghan, Timothy H.
dc.creatorWashburn, David J.
dc.creatorSchmit, Carson D.
dc.creatorMartinez, Denise
dc.creatorThompson, Emily
dc.creatorLafleur, Megan
dc.creatorRuiz, Zuleyma
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-29T15:02:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-13T20:34:41Z
dc.date.available2024-04-29T15:02:36Z
dc.date.available2024-05-13T20:34:41Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/201249
dc.descriptionGrowing bodies of research in public health point to community health workers (CHWs) as vital figures in ensuring cost-effective access to needed services. By engaging with patients to bridge the gap between the public and needed services, CHWs are positioned to enhance patient knowledge and improve individual responsibility for care. They are uniquely situated, often armed with cultural competence and a personal understanding of the challenges their clients face, to help clients navigate barriers and address social determinants of health.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project investigated the Community Health Worker (CHW) field in rural and urban environments using a series of focus groups of CHWs in four states. Our findings suggest that there is not a "typical" CHW. Despite this, our results show that CHWs in rural and urban areas share two commonalities—their role as bridge figures between communities and needed resources and their unique position in helping the healthcare industry address social determinants of health. An important difference we observed is that rural CHWs took on a more "generalist" role due to lack of resources, programs, and services, whereas urban CHWs took on a more "specialist" role because of the sometimes substantial amount of available resources, programs, and services.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFederal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), Heath Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAllied health professionalsen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare accessen_US
dc.subjectSocial determinants of healthen_US
dc.subjectWorkforceen_US
dc.titleCommunity Health Worker Roles and Responsibilities in Rural and Urban Americaen_US
local.departmentHealth Policy and Managementen_US


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
license_rdf
Size:
799bytes
Format:
Unknown
View/ Open
Thumbnail
Name:
chw-policy-brief.pdf
Size:
584.7Kb
Format:
PDF
View/ Open

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International