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Toolkits

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Our Latest Toolkits

Understanding and Integrating CHWs into Healthcare Settings

This toolkit was created to help health systems, providers, and community leaders understand how to make that transformation real, by offering practical tools, real examples, and tested strategies for integrating CHWs into healthcare settings.

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Southeast CHW Advocacy
Toolkit

This toolkit presents experiences, insights, and best practices identified for CHW advocacy efforts from seven states. It is designed to share promising practices, strategies, and practical steps to help you plan and implement effective CHW advocacy campaigns.

CCHA’s Best Practices for CHW Programs Toolkit (Parts 1-4)

This is a four-part series of toolkits developed in collaboration with CHWs and CHW allies with extensive expertise in CHW model implementation in both community-based and healthcare settings.

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SECTION I:

Designing Community Health Worker Programs

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SECTION II:

Working Effectively with Community Health Workers

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SECTION III:

Understanding, Screening, and Responding to Social Determinants of Health

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SECTION IV:

Evaluating a Community Health Worker Program

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Diabetes CHW Change Package

Shares the core components of the CHW DPM model identified during a 3-year pilot project working with five federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in South Carolina.

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Perinatal CHW Toolkit

Focuses on perinatal health and will instruct community leaders on how to find the ideal fit for families, the best practices for perinatal CHWs, the resources and data that you will need to support PCHWs, and mentoring programs to help you along the way.

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National C3 Council Workbook

A workbook for implementing the CHW Core Roles and Skills from the National C3 Council into CHW programs with a focus on building and strengthening CHW skills and qualities