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    • Community Health Workers (CHWs) eLearning expand
      • Course Overview
      • Session 1:  Introduction to Community Health Workers (CHWs) expand
        • Why the Current Interest in CHWs?
        • Official Definitions of CHW
        • American Public Health Association (APHA)
        • Common Elements of Definitions
        • CHW Job Titles
        • What Is Distinctive About CHWs?
        • CHW Roles and Functions
        • CHWs vs. Patient Navigators
        • Overlapping Roles in Related Occupations
        • Distinctions Between CHWs and Related Occupations
        • Proactive vs. Reactive Care
        • CHW: Proactive Roles
        • Health Care Organizations that Employ CHWs
        • Other Organizations that Employ CHWs
        • Other Key Elements of CHW Roles
        • Management and Supervisory Challenges
        • Supervising CHWs: Key Roles
        • Supervising CHWs: Key Skills and Methods
        • Session 1 Takeaways
        • Session 1 Feedback
      • Session 2: Current Issues for the CHW Workforce expand
        • Status of the CHW Occupation
        • Status of the CHW Occupation (Cont.)
        • Building an Occupational Identity
        • Major Issues within the Field
        • Boundaries with Other Occupations
        • Possible Tools for Resolution
        • Tightly Focused Interventions Limit Flexibility
        • Community Trust and Credibility
        • Community Trust and Credibility Community vs. Employer Accountability
        • Potential Barriers to Entry into the Profession
        • Professionalizing the Field
        • Dilemma of Community Membership as Essential Qualification
        • Definition of “Peer-ness” and “Community”
        • Self-Determination
        • Session 2 Takeaways
        • Session 2 Feedback
      • Session 3: Public Policy Arenas: Workforce Development expand
        • Arenas of Public Policy Affecting CHWs
        • Public Policy Arenas
        • Possible Unifying Frameworks for CHWs in State Policy
        • Workforce Development, Part 1 Training and Education
        • Recognized Core Competencies
        • Generalist vs. Specialist Qualifications
        • Settings for CHW Training and Education
        • Instructional Methods
        • Workforce Development, Part 2: Career Development
        • Creating a Career Ladder
        • Pathways to Related Careers
        • CHW Employment as Entry to Workforce
        • Session 3 Summary
        • Session 3 Feedback
      • Session 4: Occupational Regulation: Research and Evaluation expand
        • Public Policy Arenas 2 and 3
        • What is Behind the Drive for Credentialing?
        • What is the Opposition to Credentialing?
        • Where is Certification in Place?
        • Mechanics of Credentialing for CHWs
        • Other State CHW Certification Systems
        • Texas Certification System
        • Ohio Certification System
        • Ohio Certification System (cont.)
        • Texas and Ohio—Key Points
        • Minnesota Occupational Regulations
        • Impact of Credentialing
        • The Case for CHWs: What Evidence Exists?
        • Summaries of Compelling Data
        • Studies Used in Minnesota
        • Studies Used in Massachusetts
        • Citations in the CHW Policy Brief
        • Other Reviews of Published Data
        • Common Themes in Systematic Reviews
        • Findings from More Recent Studies
        • Documenting Unpublished Employer Data
        • Session 4 Summary
        • Session 4 Feedback
      • Session 5: Sustainable Funding for CHW Positions expand
        • Public Policy Arenas 4
        • Short-Term Funding Keeps CHWs in “Silos”
        • Sources of Sustainable Funding for CHW Positions
        • CHWs Classified as Providers for Billing Purposes
        • CHW Financing Study
        • Financing CHW Positions From Employers’ Existing Revenue
        • Cost-Effectiveness
        • ROI
        • Calculating Return on Investment
        • Other Sustainable Funding Sources
        • Support of CHWs under the Affordable Care Act (Federal Health Care Reform)
        • Support of CHWs Under Federal Health Care Reform (Cont.)
        • Opportunities in State Planning to Promote Employing CHWs
        • Session 5 Summary
        • Session 5 Feedback
      • Session 6: Moving Policy and Systems Change Forward expand
        • Key Strategy Points
        • Key Stakeholders
        • Differing Interests of Health Care Stakeholders
        • Stages of Stakeholder Development
        • Stages of Policy Change Process Common to Minnesota and Massachusetts
        • Stages of Policy Change Process Common to Minnesota and Massachusetts (Cont.)
        • Other Key Principles
        • What Minnesota Did
        • Minnesota CHW Scope of Practice
        • Minnesota CHW Curriculum
        • Minnesota CHW Curriculum (Cont.)
        • Minnesota Medicaid Legislation
        • Covered CHW Services
        • Lessons Learned in Minnesota
        • Lessons Learned in Minnesota (Cont.)
        • What Massachusetts Did
        • Key Collaborations Yield Results
        • Key Collaborations Yield Results (Cont.)
        • Health Care Reform Act Mandate
        • Lessons Learned in Massachusetts
        • Session 6 Summary
        • Session 6 Feedback
      • Glossary of Terms
      • Resources
      • Acknowledgements
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