Community health worker definition

Community health worker means an individual who:
Community health worker means an individual who meets qualification criteria adopted
Community health worker means an individual, as defined in ORS 414.025, who assists members of the community to improve their health and increase the capacity of the community to achieve wellness and meet the health care needs of its residents.

Examples of Community health worker in a sentence

  • Photo: Community health worker Marc Ilboudo uses a mobile application during a consultation with a child in Pousghin, Burkina Faso.

  • Community health worker, Outreach worker, Lay CounselorCommunity health worker‘s roles is to raise awareness about HIV prevention and promote and create demand for voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services.

  • Trained community members e.g. Community health worker (CHWs), village health team (VHT), traditional birth attendants (TBAs), agricultural promoters etc.

  • Community health worker integration into the health care team accomplishes the triple aim in a patient-centered medical home: A Bronx tale.

  • Community health worker quality improvement feedback Statistical Analysis• Project recruitment and data collection ongoing.• REDCap database being built.Results • To date, 70 referrals have been made to the program, 21 of which are adults.• Of the 21 adults 10 where age disqualified, 3 patients dropped out, 2 were not interested, and 1 was terminated due to CHW safety concerns.• Currently, 8 adults are actively enrolled in the program.


More Definitions of Community health worker

Community health worker means an individual who meets quali-
Community health worker means an individual who meets qualification criteria adopted by the authority under ORS 414.665 and who:
Community health worker means an individual certified under this chapter.
Community health worker means a frontline public health
Community health worker or "CHW" means an individual who meets qualification criteria adopted by the authority under ORS 414.665 (Traditional health workers utilized by coordinated care organizations) ¶
Community health worker means an individual certified under this chapter to provide
Community health worker means an indi- vidual who meets qualification criteria adopted by the authority under ORS 414.665 and who: