Promoting the Health of the Community: Community Health Workers Describing Their Roles, Competencies, and Practice by Julie Ann St. John
English | EPUB | 2021 | 448 Pages | ISBN : 303056374X | 10.8 MB
Community health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly important member of the healthcare and public health professions who help build primary care capacity. Yet, in spite of the exponential growth of CHW interventions, CHW training programs, and CHW certification and credentialing by state agencies, a gap persists in the literature regarding current CHW roles and skills, scope of practice, CHW job settings, and national standards.
