Community Resources, LLC

 

Research, consulting, training for healthier communities...

 
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GEARS Inc., Boston, MA
 
Developing training workshops and e-learning for state grantees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on policy and systems change to encourage greater employment of CHWs.  First workshop in Atlanta, Sept. 16, 2010.

KDH Research and Communications, Atlanta GA
 
Review of Promotora curriculum for "Familias Fuertes," a project to assist children coping with cancer (for National Cancer Institute).

Southwestern Connecticut Area Health Education Center

Providing CHW training on children's health insurance outreach to the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, under a CHIPRA outreach grant.

National Council on Aging

Through New Jersey AHEC, developed and implemented a pilot program to train seniors as CHWs, to be employed initially through the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) to work on benefits eligibility, medication management and chronic disease self-management in Atlantic City and surrounding counties.


University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Patient Navigator Research Program

Department of OB/GYN

Consulting on long-term sustainability of Patient Navigator/Promotora services and development of regional CHW/Promotora/Navigator network and resource center.


Piney Woods AHEC
 
Providing educational workshops and consulting assistance for employers of CHWs in northeast Texas.

New Jersey Area Health Education Centers, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Advisor to New Jersey Community Health Worker Institute on standardized CHW basic skills curriculum, introducing content on CHWs into other health professions curricula, and developing demonstration projects.  Developing new employer webinars.


USDHSS Initiative on Serving the Hispanic Elderly

Advisor on strategies to involve Promotores de Salud in program services.

HealthVisions Midwest (Indiana)
CHW basic skills training

Florida Department of Health
Advisor to statewide CHW Task Force

Georgia Health Policy Center
Training workshop on CHW program management for grantees of HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy
 

Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
Community Outreach Workers Association of Maryland
Health Equity Associates
 
Provided educational workshops for employers of CHWs.
 

National Association of Community Health Centers

Supervisory skills workshop for Community HealthCorps program, July 30, 2010.  Also Consultant to the University of Texas El Paso on an evaluation of the Community HealthCorps program.



American Dental Association

Developed a CHW core skills curriculum for pilot projects involving the new position of Community Dental Health Coordinator.



Migrant Health Promotion

Presentation and facilitation of Board discussion on CHW certification



Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

Presentation on CHW research, credentialing options and public financing of CHW services, to advisory committee on statewide CHW study mandated by State.  Keynote speaker at 2011 statewide Patient Navigator Conference.



University of Michigan Dental School

Advisor on design of the next phase of the Research Center on Oral Health Disparities, including implementation of CHW teams working with Dental Hygienists, in proposal for NIH funding renewal.


University of Texas at El Paso
 
Consultant to Promotora heart health demonstration project funded by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.