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Community Health Workers

Information for community health workers, CHW supervisors, CHW employers, and policy makers

DPH conducts capacity-building initiatives to strengthen the CHW workforce, leads and participates in strategic partnerships, provides programmatic technical assistance to CHWs and their supervisors, and supports national networking and promotion of the CHW workforce.

What you need to know

What is a Community Health Worker?  Certification for Community Health Workers  Find out about CHW Training  Sustainability and Health Reform 

Community Health Worker-led Asthma Home Visiting  Community of Practice – Community and Healthcare Linkages  Order free education materials about CHWs  Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers 
Open PDF file, 538.08 KB,  Achieving the Triple Aim: Success with Community Health Workers (English, PDF 538.08 KB)
Open PDF file, 878.53 KB,  Community Health Workers in Massachusetts: Improving Health Care and Public Health (English, PDF 878.53 KB)
Open DOC file, 918.5 KB,  Achieving the Triple Aim: Success with Community Health Workers (English, DOC 918.5 KB)
Open DOC file, 1.02 MB,  Community Health Workers in Massachusetts: Improving Health Care and Public Health (English, DOC 1.02 MB)

Contact Information

Online

Email Office of Community Health Workers at chwinfo@state.ma.us

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