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Foundations for Community Health Workers

Third Edition

Foundations for Community Health Workers 3rd Edition
(Jossey-Bass Public Health)

by Darouny Somsanith (Author), Timothy Berthold (Editor)
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ISBN: 978-1-394-19979-2
May 2024
768 pages
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A practical guide to becoming a community health worker. This book, in its updated Third Edition, is a valuable introduction and reference for anyone working toward a career as a community health worker.

Foundations for Community Health Workers

Second Edition

FOUNDATIONS FOR CHWS TEXTBOOK & TRAINING GUIDE Foundations for Community Health Workers, 2nd Edition

Timothy Berthold (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-119-06081-9 May 2016 Jossey-Bass 736 Pages

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DESCRIPTION

Training, credentialing and employment opportunities for Community Health Workers (CHW) are expanding across the nation. Foundations for Community Health Workers, 2nd Edition provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to essential skills for CHWs, with an emphasis on social justice, cultural humility, and client-centered practice. Real-life case studies and quotes from working CHWs illustrate challenges and successes on the job.

For additional details, please visit: http://wileyactual.com/bertholdshowcase/

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments vii

About the Authors ix

Introduction xiii

Part 1 Community Health Work: The Big Picture 1

1 The Role of Community Health Workers 3
Darouny Somsanith, Janey Skinner

2 The Evolution of the Community Health Worker Field in the United States: The Shoulders We Stand On 29
E Lee Rosenthal, J Nell Brownstein

3 An Introduction to Public Health 63
Tim Berthold, Janey Skinner, and Sharon Turner

4 Health for All: Promoting Health Equality 83
Janey Skinner, Tim Berthold

5 An Introduction to Health Care and Health Policy in the United States 109
Len Finocchio, Ellen Wu

Part 2 Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services 133

6 Practicing Cultural Humility 135
Abby Rincón

7 Guiding Principles 155
Tim Berthold, Edith Guillén-Núñez

8 Conducting Initial Client Interviews 199
Tim Berthold, Mickey Ellinger

9 Client-Centered Counseling for Behavior Change 221
Tim Berthold, Darouny Somsanith

10 Care Management 259
Tim Berthold, Craig Wenzl, and Emily Marinelli

11 Home Visiting 299
Craig Wenzl, Tim Berthold, and Emily Marinelli

Part 3 Enhancing Professional Skills 319

12 Stress Management and Self Care 321
Joani Marinoff, Tim Berthold, and Sal Núñez

13 Conflict Resolution Skills 345
Darlene Weide, Joani Marinoff, and Tim Berthold

14 Professional Skills: Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, and Growing On the Job 369
Amber Straus, Rhonella C Owens, Tim Berthold, and Jeni Miller

Part 4 Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues 391

15 Promoting the Health of Formerly Incarcerated People 393
Donna Willmott

16 Introduction to Chronic Disease Management 419
Tim Berthold, Jill Tregor, and David Spero

17 Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living 457
Tim Berthold, Jill Tregor

18 Understanding Trauma and Supporting the Recovery of Survivors 487
Tim Berthold, Janey Skinner

Part 5 Working with Groups and Communities 547

19 Health Outreach 549
Craig Wenzl, Tim Berthold, and Emily Marinelli

20 Facilitating Community Health Education Trainings 577
Jill Tregor

21 Group Facilitation 601
Philip Colgan, Joani Marinoff, and Tim Berthold

22 Community Diagnosis 633
Susana Hennessey Lavery, Mele Lau-Smith, Alma Avila, Janey Skinner, Jill Tregor, and Tim Berthold

23 Community Organizing and Advocacy 665
Alma Avila, Janey Skinner

Video Index 689

Author Index 693

Subject Index 697

Working in Community Health

First Edition

Working in Community Health: Foundations for a successful career

Author: Karen Marie Perrin

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Learning LLC

Coming in February, Working in Community Health: Foundations for a Successful Career prepares and trains current and future community health workers for employment in this rapidly expanding field.

Written at a community college literacy level, this invaluable resource provides the knowledge required for developing practical employment skills, understanding basic anatomy and physiology of common chronic diseases, accessing and understanding health knowledge, developing a resume, and interviewing proficiency. It also provides an overarching foundation for several public health and clinical careers, such as nursing, health education, physician assistant, and counseling.

Key Features:

Each chapter concludes with two case studies to help students understand the application of concepts learned.
A summarized list of the most common state and national competencies for community health worker training are provided in each chapter.
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Working in Community Health: Foundations for a Successful Career prepares and trains current and future community health workers for employment in this rapidly expanding field.

This first-of-its-kind text provides the knowledge required for developing practical employment skills, understanding basic anatomy and physiology of common chronic diseases, accessing and understanding health knowledge, developing a resume, and interviewing proficiency.

Section 1 Community Health Workers in the Community
Ch 1 What is a Community Health Worker?
Ch 2 Adult Learning and Health Literacy
Ch 3 Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health
Ch 4 Social Justice, Advocacy, and Community Resources
Section 2 Health and Disease
Ch 5 Environmental Impact of Health
Ch 6 Body Systems
Ch 7 Infectious Diseases
Section 3 Aspects of Aging
Ch 8 Safety for the Aging Population, Elderly, and Community Health Workers
Ch 9 Aspects of Aging
Ch 10 Quality of Life, Advance Directives, and End of Life Planning
Section 4 Health Care, Ethics, and Professionalism
Ch 11 Health Insurance
Ch 12 Health Care Facilities
Ch 13 Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities
Ch 14 The Community Health Worker Profession

promoting the health of the community

Community Health Workers Describing Their Roles, Competencies and Practice (2021)

Promoting the Health of the Community: Community Health Workers Describing Their Roles, Competencies, and Practice

Editors: St. John, Julie Ann, Mayfield – Johnson, Susan L., Hernandez-Gordon, Wandy D. (Eds.)

Contents:

Part 1: The story behind the book

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Community Health Workers?

Chapter 2: The Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project Story: Confirming the Core Roles and Competencies of Community Health Workers

Chapter 3: Roles, Skills and Qualities of Community Health Workers

Chapter 4: Describing Results from the “Promoting the Health of the Community” National Needs Assessment

Part 2: CHWs describe their roles through their stories

Chapter 5: Cultural Mediation Among Individuals, Communities, and Health and Social Service Systems

Introduction to cultural mediation
A dose of cultural humility: Cultural mediation and CHWs’ contribution to healthcare
Community Health Workers and Behavioral Health Prevention

Chapter 6: Providing culturally appropriate health education and information

Introduction to providing culturally appropriate health education and information
Community Health Workers: Trauma-informed, culturally centered, decolonizing popular educators

Chapter 7: Care Coordination, Case Management, and System Navigation

Introduction to care coordination, case management, and system navigation
Establishing a Patient Care Navigation System
Special Connections: CHWs Engaged with Children with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families

Chapter 8: Providing Coaching and Social Support

Introduction to providing coaching and social support
Community Health Workers Extend Solutions to Violence Prevention
CHWs: A Bridge to Wellness

Chapter 9: Advocating for Individuals and Communities

Introduction to advocating for individuals and communities
CHWs’ Collective Voice: CHWs advocate for their profession

Chapter 10: Building Individual and Community Capacity

Introduction to building individual and community capacity
CHWs and Allies: Promoting and Sustaining the CHW Profession
Engaging Communities to Build on Strengths for Sustainable Change

Chapter 11: Providing Direct Services

Introduction to providing direct services
Alaska’s Primary Dental Health Aides: Adapting a Community Health Worker Program to Preventive Dental Care
Native American Community-Based Care: When the Pavement Ends, The Dirt Road Journey to Patient Care Begins

Chapter 12: Implementing Individual and Community Assessments

Introduction to implementing individual and community assessments
CHWs Implementing Individual and Community Assessments: Examples from Hawai’i
Assessments: More Than a Piece of Paper

Chapter 13: Conducting Outreach

Introduction to conducting outreach
“You have to build a relationship:” Reflections on a career of outreach in communities of color
Case Study: Diabetes Outreach in Rural North Georgia

Chapter 14: Participating in Evaluation and Research

Introduction to participating in evaluation and research
Nothing about us without us – and make sure it doesn’t go into the cabinets and collect dust! How patients and Community Health Workers helped design the IMPaCT CHW model
Community Health Workers as stakeholders in research: Training CHWs in Patient Centered Research and Their Impact on Clinical Trial Interventions

Part 3: A bright future for CHWs

Chapter 15: Uniting the Workforce: Building Capacity for a National Association of Community

Health Workers

Chapter 16: Where Do We Go from Here?

ISBN-13: 978-3030563745

ISBN-10: 303056374X

Boundaries of Care

Community Health Workers in the United States

Boundaries of Care

Community Health Workers in the United States

RYAN I. LOGAN

In Boundaries of Care, Ryan I. Logan details the lived experience of community health workers (CHWs) – a present yet often invisible facet of the healthcare workforce. These workers participate in nonclinical services to enhance the health and well-being of their communities outside the walls of the clinic and social service agencies. Logan examines the boundaries of and barriers to care present in the experiences of CHWs, their relationships with clients, issues of professionalization, impacts of burnout and self-care, and the critical impacts of CHW advocacy. Told through first-hand accounts and interwoven with theory, Logan presents the key challenges facing this workforce and their potential to foster even greater well-being within their communities. The findings and recommendations from participants found within Boundaries of Care can inform and shape CHW programs both in the United States and abroad.

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Lexington BooksPages: 234 • Trim: 6 x 9978-1-7936-2946-3 • Hardback • January 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)978-1-7936-2947-0 • eBook • January 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)Series:Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, SocietySubjects:Medical / Caregiving, Social Science / Anthropology / Medical, Social Science / Sociology of Work

Bridging the GAp

How CHWs Promote the Health of Immigrants

Date: July 2015

Authors:

Sally E Findley
Sergio Matos

Abstract

Bridging the Gap details the role, lessons, and effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) in bringing health care to underserved immigrant communities. Combining education, advocacy, and local cultural acumen, CHWs have proven successful in the United States and abroad, improving community health and establishing an evidence base for how CHW programs can work for immigrants. Based on a decade of in-depth evaluations from several immigrant health programs in New York City with complementary interviews with dozens of immigrants and CHWs, Bridging the Gap offers insights into how CHWs help

Bibliographic Information

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date: Jun 2015

ISBN-13: 9780199364329

Print Published online: Jul 2015

https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199364329.001.0001/med-9780199364329

research skills training

Building Research Integrity and Capacity (BRIC)

Building Research Integrity & Capacity:

Date: July 2017

Authors: Camille Nebeker (PI), Gayle Simon , Michael Kalichman, Ana Talavera , Elizabeth Booen, Araceli López-Arenas

Contents: 8 Modules

Pages: 115

The purpose of this training is to promote an understanding of basic research concepts for new research staff. The curriculum is intended for research support staff/volunteers who have a role in the conduct of research, but who have received little to no formal training in this area. The primary goal is for learners to develop an understanding of basic research concepts and appreciate the importance of conducting research in keeping with an approved plan. We hope this enhanced knowledge and understanding of research concepts and responsible practices will contribute to the integrity of the research and the value of the research results.

The training offers an introduction to the basic research concepts of research and is completed according to the individuals personal abilities (e.g., self-paced curriculum). The material serves as a foundation for responsible and proper conduct of research. The topics presented include how to design and conduct research as well as how actions conducted throughout research can affect the integrity of the research project. This training presents ethical issues associated with conducting research and encourages beginning research team members to make decisions consistent with responsible and ethical research practices. The topics were selected by experts in research methods in a variety of fields (e.g., social science). The topics discussed in this manual are typically offered as university research methods academic courses; however, the information was written without technical words so that the issues discussed are accessible to individuals who have little to no experience in these topics.

Our manual is also available in Spanish.

New Books

Community Health Work: A Community Health Worker's Guide...

by Rodney W Black (Author)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 465 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8357356222

Community Health Work: A Community Health Worker's Guide for Improving Healthcare Access, Quality, and Outcomes Paperback – October 10, 2022

Community Health Work is a training program manual for community health high school and adult CHWs. This book is a comprehensive and practical guide for CHW trainees and veteran CHWs. Readers develop a strong understanding of community health workers’ role in healthcare.

Readers learn in the all-encompassing book various health topics like nutrition, noninfectious disease, infectious disease, addiction, reproductive health, public health, motivational interviewing, healthcare navigation/service coordination, case management, and healthcare careers.

After reading this book, CHWs will know how to bridge the gap between patients and the healthcare system. CHWs will have the knowledge to provide patient-centered one-on-one counseling for their patients. CHWs will also know how to provide accurate, culturally relevant health information to patients and the community. Lastly, CHWs will learn how to navigate patients through the healthcare system and connect patients to services in the community.

Readers will learn to view patients through various lenses to understand their overall health and how the social determinants of health and adverse childhood experiences affect patient health.

This book is perfect for any high school or adult CHW training program.

Boundaries of Care

Community Health Work: A Community Health Worker's Guide...

Boundaries of Care Community Health Workers in the United States RYAN I. LOGAN In Boundaries of Care, Ryan I. Logan details the lived experience of community health workers (CHWs) – a present yet often invisible facet of the healthcare workforce. These workers participate in nonclinical services to enhance the health and well-being of their communities outside the walls of the clinic and social service agencies. Logan examines the boundaries of and barriers to care present in the experiences of CHWs, their relationships with clients, issues of professionalization, impacts of burnout and self-care, and the critical impacts of CHW advocacy.

Told through first-hand accounts and interwoven with theory, Logan presents the key challenges facing this workforce and their potential to foster even greater well-being within their communities. The findings and recommendations from participants found within Boundaries of Care can inform and shape CHW programs both in the United States and abroad.

Details Author TOC Reviews Lexington BooksPages: 234 • Trim: 6 x 9978-1-7936-2946-3 • Hardback • January 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)978-1-7936-2947-0 • eBook • January 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)Series:Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, SocietySubjects:Medical / Caregiving, Social Science / Anthropology / Medical, Social Science / Sociology of Work

Cultura y Corazón

Community Health Work: A Community Health Worker's Guide...

Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

Rosa D. Manzo, Ph.D., associate director of medical education and a project research scientist, has co-authored a new book on community-based and community-engaged research.

ISBN-13: 978-0816537662

ISBN-10: 0816537666

Cultura y Corazón is a research approach and practice that is rooted in the work of Latinx and Chicanx scholars and intellectuals. The book documents best practices for Community Based and Participatory Action Research (CBPAR), which is both culturally attuned and scientifically demonstrated. This methodology takes a decolonial approach to engaging community members in the research process and integrates critical feminist and indigenous epistemologies.

Cultura y Corazón presents case studies from the authors’ work within the fields of education and health. It offers key strategies to working in partnership with marginalized Latinx communities that are grounded in deep respect for the communities’ cultures and lived experiences. This book is intended for students, researchers, and practitioners who want to work with vulnerable populations through a community-based approach that truly respects and integrates culture, values, and funds of knowledge.

Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. (2013). U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health. Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, Steven H. Woolf and Laudan Aron, Eds. Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13497/us-health-in-international-perspective-shorter-lives-poorer-health

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Incarceration as a Public Health Issue, Interview
Relapse prevention: Role play debrief foundations
Group Facilitation: CHW Interview
Providing and receiving constructive feedback
The Art of Apology
Responding to anger: roleplay
Responding to anger : counter roleplay
Conflict between two CHW: roleplay
Screening for depression: Faculty interview
Screening for depression: Roleplay
Stress management: Faculty interview
Action Planning and Stress management: Roleplay

Foundations for Community Health Workers

Third Edition

Foundations for Community Health Workers 3rd Edition (Jossey-Bass Public Health)