Education

National

• CHW Training and Certification Programs in the United States

  Kash BA, May ML, & Tai-Seale M. Community health worker training and certification programs in the United States: Findings from a national survey. Health Policy. 2007;80:32-42.
  Community Health Worker Training and Certification Programs in the United States: Findings from a National Survey analyzes different training and certification programs for CHWs across the U.S. Data was collected through interviews, focus groups, and over the phone. Providers of these programs were interviewed as well as CHW networks and other public health officials. Three trends were identified from the survey concerning CHWs: community-college level schooling, on-the-job training which improves overall quality of care of clients, and certification at the state level.

  Scope: CHW overview, Macro
  Study type: Qualitative
  Population (race, ethnicity, age): N/A
  Language: English
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  Condition: N/A
  Insurance/payments/implementation: Implementation
  Outcomes: Training

• Lessons Learned From a Community-Academic Initiative

  Ruiz Y, Matos S, Kapadia S, et al. Lessons Learned from a Community-Academic Initiative: The Development of a Core Competency-Based Training for Community-Academic Initiative Community Health Workers. American Journal of Public Health. 2012;102(12): 2372-2379.
  This article discusses a pilot of community-academic initiative and CHW training program. To date, there is little information on how to prepare community health workers involved in community-academic initiatives (CAI). In the CAI-CHW training program, research-specific sessions were added to regular CHW curriculums. It is concluded that a core competency-based framework coupled with CAI research-specific skill sessions provides CHWs with additional skills, boosts confidence, and provides participants with a more contextualized view of client needs and CHW roles.

  Scope: CHW overview, Macro, Policy, Advocacy
  Study type: Quantitative, Evaluation
  Population (race, ethnicity, age): N/A
  Language: English
  Setting: N/A
  Condition: N/A
  Insurance/payments/implementation: N/A
  Outcomes: Training