Publications
- Blue Cross Blue Shielf of MA Foundation 2010 Annual Report highlights the importance of Community Health Workers.
- Community Health Workers in MA: Improving Health Care and Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Community Health Worker Advisory Council, released to legislature on January 14, 2010. Press Release.
- Support for Community Health Workers to Increase Health Access and to Reduce Health Inequities, American Public Health Association (APHA) resolution # 20091, 2009.
- A Population-Based Policy and Systems Change Approach to Prevent and Control Hypertension, Report Brief, Institute of Medicine, February 2010, page 3.
- Policy Brief on Community Health Workers, National Conference State Legislators, 2008.
- Healthy Massachusetts Disease Management and Wellness: Focus on Diabetes, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, June 2009.
- Community Health Workers National Workforce Study, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 2007.
- Community Health Workers: Closing the Gap on Families’ Health Resources, Family Strengthening Policy Center, March 2006.
- Final Report on the Status, Impact, and Utilization of Community Health Workers, James Madison University, January 2006.
- Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing, National Fund for Medical Education/UCSF Center for Health Professions, 2006.
- Training Community Health Workers: Using Technology and Distance Education, Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, April 2006.
- Community Health Workers: Essential to Improving Health in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, March 2005.
- Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute Of Medicine (IOM), 2003, page 195. (finding 5-2, recommendation 5-10)
- Evidence Report and Evidence- Based Recommendations: Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration for Ethic and Racial Minorities, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 2003.
- Diabetes Community Health Workers, American Association of Diabetes Educators, The Diabetes Educator, Volume 29, Number 5, 2003, 818-824.
- American Public Health Association (APHA) resolution # 200115, 2001.
- Issue Paper: Community Health Advisor Programs, National Rural Health Association, November 2000.