The Role of State and Territorial Health Agencies in Supporting and Hiring Community Health Workers
As communities across the United States continue to face barriers to accessing care—whether due to geographic constraints, an overburdened clinical workforce, or social and economic barriers—community health workers (CHWs) can establish trusting relationships and create bridges that help clients navigate and access services. CHWs can also facilitate the identification of community needs and improve community capacity to self-advocate within the service delivery system.
Iowa Chronic Care Consortium Presents Community Health Workers: Iowa Success Stories
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Over the course of the last three years, ICCC has invited Community Health Workers(CHWs) participating in the CHW Professional Skills course to share success stories -examples of situations the CHW assisted with that they felt especially good about or learned something important from. To date, 45 stories have been received. While each story is fascinating to read, they have been summarized and excerpted for brevity. This document highlights the information collected from these examples of CHW success in Iowa.
Community Health Worker Infographic
