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A POLICY BRIEF ON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and HEALTH Promotion Division for Heart Disease and Stroke PreventionAddressing Chronic Disease throughCommunity HEALTH WorkersA POLICY BRIEF ON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERSA POLICY AND SYSTEMS-LEVEL APPROACHS econd Edition April 2015 Addressing Chronic Disease through COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS :A POLICY AND SYSTEMS-LEVEL APPROACH Second EditionApril 2015 Website addresses of nonfederal organizations are provided solely as a service to readers. Provision of an address does not constitute an endorsement of this organization by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of other organizations web the United States, CHWs help us meet our national HEALTH goals by conducting COMMUNITY -level activities and interventions that promote HEALTH and prevent diseases and Are CHWs?CHWs are known by a variety of names, including com-munity HEALTH advisor, outreach worker , COMMUNITY HEALTH representative (CHR), promotora/promotores de salud ( HEALTH promoter/promoters), patient navigator, navigator promotores (navegadores para pacientes), peer counselor, lay HEALTH advisor, peer HEALTH advisor, and peer , 2As expressed by the CHWs section of the American Public HEALTH Association, CHWs are frontline public HEALTH WORKERS who are trusted members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of the COMMUNITY served.
There are numerous barriers to controlling chronic disease, including inadequate intensity of treatment and failure of providers to follow evidence-based guidelines, 5, 12, 13, 30–32. lack of family support, 32, 33. failure to adhere to treatment, 31, 32, 34-37. lack of support for self-management, 12, 36, 38, 39. lack of access to care and ...
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