MACHW Resources
Links
- Community Health Education Center (CHEC), Boston Public Health Commission
- Outreach Worker Training Institute (OWTI), Central MA AHEC
- Community Health Worker National Education Collaborative (CHW-NEC). Funded by U.S. Dept. of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Arizona Area Health Education Centers Program
- Critical MASS for Eliminating Health Disparities Network
- Community Health Worker (CHW) Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG), American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American Association of Community Health Workers
- The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence is an exciting new effort dedicated to helping Massachusetts consumers improve the quality of their health care. The Partnership believes that having patients who are educated, active and engaged is one of the best ways to improve the safety, quality and effectiveness of health care for everyone.
MACHW Newsletters CHW Related Newsletters Recent Publications
Issue Paper: Community Health Advisor Programs, National Rural Health Association, November 2000.
American Public Health Association (APHA) resolution # 200115, 2001.
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health Care, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute Of Medicine (IOM), 2003, page 195. (finding 5-2, recommendation 5-10)
Diabetes Community Health Workers, American Association of Diabetes Educators, The Diabetes Educator, Volume 29, Number 5, 2003, 818-824.
Evidence Report and Evidence- Based Recommendations: Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration for Ethic and Racial Minorities, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 2003.
Community Health Workers: Essential to Improving Health in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, March 2005. (Hard copies available)
Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing, National Fund for Medical Education/UCSF Center for Health Professions, 2006.
Final Report on the Status, Impact, and Utilization of Community Health Workers, James Madison University, January 2006.
Community Health Workers: Closing the Gap on Families’ Health Resources, Family Strengthening Policy Center, March 2006.
Training Community Health Workers: Using Technology and Distance Education, Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, April 2006.
Community Health Workers National Workforce Study, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 2007.
Establishing Diabetes Self-Management in a Community Health Center Serving Low-Income Latinos, The Diabetes Educator, Volume 33, Supplement 6, June 2007.132S-138S.