Promising
Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities, and are suitable for adaptation by other communities.

Processes for Implementing Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiatives

Barbero, C., Mason, T., Rush, C., Sugarman, M., Bhuiya, A. R., Fulmer, E. B., Feldstein, J., Cottoms, N., Wennerstrom, A.

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Peer Review Study

Policy Change/ Development
Economic Stability
Social and Community Context
Tools Included
Outside U.S.
ACCESS RESOURCE
Building

Infrastructure Support

The objective of this observational, cross-sectional study was to identify, document, and assess the progress made to date in implementing various processes involved in statewide community health worker (CHW) workforce development initiatives. A conceptual model of processes involved in implementing statewide CHW initiatives was developed and applied. Twelve statewide CHW workforce development processes were identified and an average of 8 processes were implemented per state. The results of the study showed that stakeholders have advanced statewide CHW workforce development training initiatives using the processes reflected in the conceptual model, and these results could help to inform future CHW initiative design, measurement, monitoring, and evaluation efforts, especially at state level.

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Outcomes of Interest

Capacity Building

Priority Population(s)

Setting(s) of Implementation

Community

Geographic Area of Implementation

Implementation Period

2017-2020