Foundations for Community Health Workers

by Editor: Tim Berthold (City College of San Francisco); Editor: Alma Avila (City College of San Francisco); Editor: Jennifer Miller

• ISBN13: 9780470496770
• ISBN10: 0470496770
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Foundations for Community Health WorkersFoundations for Community Health Workers is a training resource for client- and community-centered public healthpractitioners, with an emphasis on promoting health equality. Based on City College of San Francisco's CHW CertificateProgram, it begins with an overview of the historic and political context informing the practice of community healthworkers. The second section of the book addresses core competencies for working with individual clients, such asbehavior change counseling and case management, and practitioner development topics such as ethics, stress management, and conflict resolution. The book's final section covers skills for practice at the group and community levels, such asconducting health outreach and facilitating community organizing and advocacy.Praise for Foundations for Community Health Workers"This book is the first of its kind: a manual of core competencies and curricula for training community health workers.Covering topics from health inequalities to patient-centered counseling, this book is a tremendous resource for bothscholars of and practitioners in the field of community-based medicine. It also marks a great step forward in any setting,rich or poor, in which it is imperative to reduce health disparities and promote genuine health and well-being." -Paul E. Farmer, MD., PhD, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; founding director, Partners In Health."This book is based on the contributions of experienced CHWs and advocates of the field. I am confident that it will serve as an inspiration for many CHW training programs." -Yvonne Lacey, CHW, former coordinator, Black Infant Health Program, City of Berkeley Health Department; former chair, CHW Special Interest Group for the APHA."This book masterfully integrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a CHW through storytelling and real life case examples. This simple and elegant approach brings to life the intricacies of the work and espouses the spirit of the role that is so critical to eliminating disparities-a true model educational approach to emulate." -Gayle Tang, MSN, RN., director, National Linguistic and Cultural Programs, National Diversity, Kaiser Permanente"Finally, we have a competency-based textbook for community health worker education-well informed by seasoned CHWs themselves as well as expert contributors." -Donald E. Proulx, CHW National Education Collaborative, University of Arizona

Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Contributors

The Changing World of the Community Health Worker

The Role of CHWs

The Evolution of the CHW Field in the United States: The Shoulders We Stand On

An Introduction to Public Health

Promoting Health Equality

An Introduction to Globalization and Health

An Introduction to Health Care and Health Policy in the United States

Practicing Cultural Humility

CHW Skills and Core Competencies Working with Clients

Guiding Principles for Working with Individual Clients

Conducting Initial Client Interviews

Client-Centered Counseling for Behavior Change

Case Management

Home Visiting

Conflict Resolution Skills

Stress Management and Self-Care

Professional Skills: Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, and Growing on the Job

CHW Skills and Core Competencies Working in Your Community

Working to Promote Health at the Community Level

Community Diagnosis

Health Outreach

Facilitating Community Health Education Trainings

Group Facilitation

Using the Arts to Promote Community Health

Community Organizing and Advocacy

Glossary

Index

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