http://healthequityassociates.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:36:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://healthequityassociates.wordpress.com http://healthequityassociates.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/community-health-workers/ http://healthequityassociates.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/community-health-workers/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:13:36 +0000 healthequityassociates http://healthequityassociates.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/community-health-workers/ ]]> Community health workers…accepted members of provider/agency teams or not?  Research is increasingly showing that community health workers (CHW) are effective in motivating behavior change, assisting individuals in accessing care and navigating through complex health/human service systems to improve their quality of life.  So what is it that policy makers and providers know (or don’t know) about CHWs?

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