CHW-NEC Guidebook
This guidebook was developed to offer lessons learned and recommendations made by the "Community Health Worker National Education Collaborative" (2004-2008) for college responsive programs. This guidebook not only shares the work, findings and recommendations of the CHW-NEC initiative, it also serves to connect interested individuals, institutions of higher education and related agencies with an extensive set of national expert advisors and project collaborators. You can download the guidebook here.
Newsletters
- CHW-NEC Volume 3: Issue 1
- CHW-NEC Volume2: Issue 1
- CHW-NEC Volume1: Issue 2
- CHW-NEC Volume1: Issue 1
CHW National Reports
- Health Resources and Services Administration, CHW National Workforce Study, May 23, 2007.
- Family Strengthening Policy Center, Community Health Workers: Closing the Gap on Families' Health Resources, March 2006.
- James Madison University, Final Report on the Status, Impact, and Utilization of Community Health Workers, January 2006.
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Community Health Workers: Essential To Improving Health in Massachusetts, March 2005.
- Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing
Project Documentation
- project timeline
- program logic model
- letter to partners
- sample work plan
The documents listed here are all in pdf format. If you don't have a pdf viewer installed on your machine you can download one for free at Adobe.
Textbooks and Curriculum Guides
Foundations for Community Health Workers Tim Berthold (Editor), Alma Avila (Editor), Jennifer Miller (Editor) ISBN: 978-0-470-17997-0 Paperback 450 pages August 2009
Multimedia
The CHW-NEC Project TA/training DVDs with accompanying support materials (handouts, learning activities, and power point presentations) are offered to institutions with a view for a “National Community of Practice” for CHW educational program development, refinement, and strengthening. They feature technical assistance (TA) trainings that were conducted regionally across the United States as a part of the CHW-NEC National Community of Practice Project (covering the period of March 2005 through September of 2008).
Some selective DVD segments may also be a useful resource for instruction and learning activities with CHW students, but, for the most part, these TA/training DVDs were primarily developed for use by faculty and program administrators engaged in developing college-responsive educational programs.
The DVDs are primarily organized around the following college-responsive program development issues:
- Workforce Assessment and Market Development
- Institutional Climate and Program Development
- Curriculum Design
- Instructional Approaches
- Student Recruitment and Retention
- Evaluation and Sustainability
We currently have the following DVDs available:
Requests for hard copies of these DVD and accompanying hard copy of the instructional materials may be made by contacting the CHW-NEC Project at The University of Arizona, 1834 Mabel St., Tucson Arizona 85721; phone:(520) 626-4026; fax:(520) 626-4037. These materials are offered for instructional/educational uses in the “Public Domain” with the proviso that acknowledgement of their authorship must be included. There is a cost involved for shipping and handling.