C3 CHW Roles and Skills Checklist
Checklists to assess how CHW role and competencies linked to CHW trainings, practice, and/or policies align with the Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project.
Tags: PDF, CHW roles and responsibilities, program implementation
1:1 Conversations Goals and Reflections
This worksheet created by the UW Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Group, outlines goals, reflections, and tips to consider when preparing for 1:1 meetings. The resource also includes space to plan meeting-specific goals and questions.
Tags: PDF, community building, partnerships
Community Health Worker Resources (CDC)
Materials on this webpage are collected from programs across CDC that host materials pertinent to CHWs. These resources should be helpful to both CHWs and those who work with them.
Tags: website, CHW roles and responsibilities, CHR, program implementation, promotores
Partnering with Residents
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps shares guidance, tools, and activities to increase understanding of ways partnering with residents benefits the community and your work.
Tags: website, community building, partnerships
Patient Navigator & Community Health Worker Training
The Patient Navigation and Community Health Worker Training program (PNCT) offers a full curriculum for patient navigators, care coordinators and community health workers.
Tags: specialized training, care coordination, chronic health conditions
Transitions Clinic Network
TCN is a national organization committed to reversing the harms of mass incarceration by eliminating racial health and economic disparities. They work to transform health systems to better meet the needs of impacted communities, including hiring and training formerly incarcerated individuals to work as CHWs embedded into primary care teams to engage patients returning from incarceration.
Tags: website, population specific
CHW Asthma Training - American Lung Association
The American Lung Association (ALA) is not currently offering virtual trainings for CHWs; however, organizations can contact ALA (Jill.Heins@lung.org) to arrange an in-person training for CHWs in their area. An Asthma Basics online course is also currently offered.
Tags: specialized trainings, chronic health conditions, asthma
Bridging the Gap: How CHWs Promote the Health of Immigrants
Immigrants in the U.S. face a range of challenges with respect to access to quality health care. This book provides evidence and recommendations for engaging CHWs to serve immigrant populations and connect them to necessary care and treatment resources.
Tags: website, book, immigration, population specific
Virtual Leader Trainings for Chronic Conditions Self-Management
Self-Management Resource Center (SMRC) developed virtual Leader and Master Trainings in response to needs that emerged during the pandemic.
Tags: specialized training, chronic health conditions, self-management
Asthma Education for the Community Health Worker
The Association of Asthma Educators (AAE) developed this program to prepare entry-level community health workers (CHW) to effectively provide basic asthma management education.
Tags: specialized training, asthma, chronic health conditions
Diabetes Community Care Coordinator Certificate Program
This Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) program is designed for CHWs and others with a defined role in a certified or recognized diabetes education or prevention program.
Tags: specialized training, chronic health conditions, diabetes.
Creating Accessible Documents (slides)
Training presented by the Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources within the Wisconsin Department of Health Services outlining design and formatting considerations to improve user accessibility.
Tags: slides,training, accessibility, health justice
Advancing CHW Engagement in COVID-19 Response
A playbook for local health department strategies in the United States from the National Community-Based Workforce Alliance.
Tags: PDF, COVID-19, response strategies
Checklist to Support CHWs Roles in Vaccine Distribution
Document created by NACHW for administrators, managers, and clinicians outlining ways integrate CHWs in vaccine outreach, acceptance, and distribution strategies.
Tags: PDF, COVID-19, vaccine
QPR Online Gatekeeper Course
QPR Institute course covering how how to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal, learn more about preventing suicide, common causes of suicidal behavior, warning signs of suicide, and how to get help for yourself or someone in crisis.
Tags: specialized training, chronic health conditions, mental health
Hope + Healing Podcast
A series to inform Tribal citizens and leaders on healthcare options that offer better care to Indian Country. Topics include Medicare, Medicaid, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and more.
Tags: podcast, CHR, Medicaid, population specific, Tribal
Community Health Workers Tools & Resources
CHWs in Region V have specific challenges and support needs compared to other public health and clinical workers. This growing toolkit from the Region V Public Health Training Center provides training, community, and other support resources.
Tags: webpage, program implementation, CHW roles and responsibilities
Elevating the Medicaid Enrollment Experience
Elevating the Medicaid Enrollment Experience is a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities project to promote policies and practices to help eligible individuals enroll and stay enrolled in Medicaid.
Tags: website, envision webinar resource, sustainability, structural and financial stability, Medicaid
envision Webinar: CHW Response as Safety Net Policies End (Slides)
Presentation slides from the April 2023 envision webinar, which takes a closer look at strategies for safety net policy response.
Tags: slides, envision webinar resource, sustainability, structural and financial stability, safety net, Medicare, Medicaid, policy
envision Webinar: CHW Response as Safety Net Policies End
Safety net programs are coming to an end, the results will impact CHW and the communities they assist. This envision webinar takes a closer look at strategies for safety net policy response.
Tags: envision webinar, sustainability, structural and financial stability, safety net, Medicare, Medicaid, policy