OTHER USEFUL REPORTS AND WEBSITES
updated 9-19-11
National
Community Health Advisor Study (Univ. of Arizona, 1998): http://crh.arizona.edu/publications/cha
CHW National Workforce Study for HRSA/BHPr released May 2007 http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/chwstudy2007.pdf
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health CHW Report to the Legislature “CHWs: Improving HealthCare
and Public Health” presented January 2010: http://bit.ly/b4R74Y
Rosenthal EL, Brownstein JN, Rush CH et al. “CHWs: Part of the Solution.”
Health Affairs, July 2010. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/7/1338
Proceedings of CHW research agenda conference published October 2007 http://bit.ly/b0ZAub
“Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing” National
Fund for Medical Education, 2006, http://bit.ly/aHzgK5
Community Health Worker National Education Collaborative (funded by U. S. Department of Education
thru the University of Arizona): http://www.chw-nec.org
Minnesota Standard CHW Curriculum: http://www.mnchwalliance.org/PurchaseCHW_Curriculum.asp
Texas CHW Certification Program: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mch/chw.shtm
Ohio CHW Certification Program: http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/4723-26
American Public Health Association - 2009 Policy Statement on CHWs: http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/default.htm?id=1393
2008 briefing papers on CHWs from the National Conference of State Legislatures: [2 page version] http://bit.ly/994emf - [8 page version] http://bit.ly/an2mfQ
AHRQ 2010 Community HUB Model Manual “Connecting Those at Risk to Care” http://bit.ly/kMKdS8
CDC 2011 Policy Brief: “Addressing Chronic Disease through Community Health Workers: a Policy
and Systems-Level Approach” http://bit.ly/kdzrUz
National CHW provider classification for billing: http://www.nucc.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=50
The New York City CHW Network has a useful site at http://www.chwnetwork.org
A toolkit for evaluation of CHW programs is available at http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/chwtoolkit/
A report on distance education for CHWs (especially helpful for rural communities) is at
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/TrainingFrontier.asp