Personal Qualities of A Community Health Worker
Personal Qualities of A Community Health Worker
Personal Qualities of A Community Health Worker
the workforce of Indiana’s CHWs as part of the health care delivery system.
For Policymakers:
When developing statewide policy around CHWs, it is imperative to validate the importance of the CHW
Qualities particularly connectedness to community. Policy should be crafted so that barriers for traditional
CHWs, community-based individuals who share a connection to the community they serve, are minimized.
While it may be challenging to include these qualities in policy, it should always be clear that positions
which are not defined in terms of these qualities should not be considered CHW positions.
Supporting the workforce of Indiana’s CHWs as part of the health care delivery system.
Sources:
Tim Berthold, Foundations for Community Health Workers, Second Edition, Wiley Publishing 2016
E. Lee Rosenthal, PhD, MS, MPH; and Carl H. Rush, MRP, (April 2016) Understanding Scope and
Competencies A Contemporary Look at the United States Community Health Worker Field Progress Report of
the Community Health Worker (CHW) Core Consensus (C3) Project: Building National consensus on CHW
core roles, skills, and qualities. Retrieved from http://www.chrllc.net/id12.html