NASHP’s CWH State Policy Network hosted a multi-state exchange of best practices, including dialogue between speakers from Rhode Island and North Carolina outlining the historical context and key considerations for sustaining effective partnerships, as well as challenges, lessons learned, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: blog, sustainability, CHW associations

This ASTHO publication outlines hiring considerations such as assessing current and desired CHW engagement, recruitment strategies, establishing criteria, identifying candidates and other CHW hiring topics.

Tags: PDF, program implementation, recruitment, hiring

This toolkit from NACHW and ASTHO offers tips for hiring, training, and building CHW career pathways through your contract.

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Envision’s guided worksheet steps through storytelling considerations such as background, challenges, approach, results, impacts and next steps.

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What makes a story worth reading? What makes a success story more successful? Our team offers perspectives, hints, and how-tos to help you craft a story worth telling and reading.

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Presentation slides from the July 2022 envision Webinar: “Telling Stories Successfully,” featuring hints and how-tos to help you craft a story worth reading.

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Gain an introduction to health equity, explore the relationship between health and power, and examine ideas for operationalizing health equity in a three-part series from the UW Population Health Institute’s MATCH Group, in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Public Health Education Training.

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A companion worksheet to complete after viewing the three-part health equity module series from the UW Population Health Institute’s MATCH Group.

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The UW-Madison Population Health Institute’s MATCH Group provides a brief overview of what a coalition is, as well as the history and power of coalition building as a strategy to operationalize and sustain equitable programs, practices, and policy change goals.

Tags: webinar, community building, coalition building

A companion worksheet to complete after viewing the coalition building overview webinar from the UW Population Health Institute’s MATCH Group.

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Drs. Chanda Davis and Amanda Simanek answer questions about long COVID, outdoor transmission, rapid antigen testing, and more.

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A 12-month, accredited online program designed to support public health professionals in their first year of employment at a local, regional, tribal, state, or federal public health organization.

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Toolkit section from the Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) outlining the basics of evaluation to guide CHW program leadership in the development of an effective plan.

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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Brief outlining recommendations for COVID-19 case investigators and contact tracers.

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Envision’s April 2022 webinar covers finding and hiring qualified CHWs, best practices for job descriptions, and other team integration tips.

Tags: envision webinar, program implementation, recruitment, hiring, onboarding

Presentation slides from Envision’s April 2022 webinar about finding and hiring qualified CHWs, best practices for job descriptions, and other team integration tips.

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Webinar on self-care and resilience hosted by Ashley Rodriguez (CCHW) (CCHWI), President of TAPCHW and the APHA CHW Section Chair. In this webinar, attendees will learn how to define stress, resilience, and self-care, along with learning self-care strategies and stress management tools.

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In this envision webinar, the Envision Equitable Healthy Communities - 2109 CHW Training and Technical Assistance Center and the Washington State Department of Health present on important considerations, social service resource locators and other general recommendations when choosing a method for CHW documentation and referral systems.

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Presentation slides from the March 2022 envision Webinar: “CHW Documentation and Referral Systems.”

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After determining who is in your collaborative and who is missing, consider ways to engage those that are not currently represented. Use this table to plan for engaging an organization or individual not currently represented.

Tags: PDF, community building, partnerships