Building a Consensus on Community Health Workers’ Scope of Practice

Lessons From New York

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ID11034667
AuthorsSally E Findley (0000-0003-1744-3302, Sally E. Findley, Sergio Matos, April L. Hicks, and Diurka Diaz are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Ayanna Campbell and Addison Moore were completing their Mailman School of Public Health practica, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.), Sergio Matos (0000-0003-3023-3190, Sally E. Findley, Sergio Matos, April L. Hicks, and Diurka Diaz are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Ayanna Campbell and Addison Moore were completing their Mailman School of Public Health practica, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.), April L Hicks (Sally E. Findley, Sergio Matos, April L. Hicks, and Diurka Diaz are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Ayanna Campbell and Addison Moore were completing their Mailman School of Public Health practica, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.), Ayanna Campbell (Sally E. Findley, Sergio Matos, April L. Hicks, and Diurka Diaz are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Ayanna Campbell and Addison Moore were completing their Mailman School of Public Health practica, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.), Addison Moore (Sally E. Findley, Sergio Matos, April L. Hicks, and Diurka Diaz are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Ayanna Campbell and Addison Moore were completing their Mailman School of Public Health practica, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.), Diurka Diaz (0000-0003-1362-3744, Sally E. Findley, Sergio Matos, April L. Hicks, and Diurka Diaz are with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Ayanna Campbell and Addison Moore were completing their Mailman School of Public Health practica, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue10
Pages1981-1987
Publication date2012-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300566
PMID22897548
PMCIDPMC3490670
OpenAlexW2117885810
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

Objectives. We evaluated efforts in New York to build a consensus between community health workers (CHWs) and employers on CHWs’ scope of practice, training standards, and certification procedures. Methods. We conducted multiple-choice surveys in 2008 and 2010 with 226 CHWs and 44 employers. We compared CHWs’ and employers’ recommendations regarding 28 scope of practice elements. The participatory ranking method was used to identify consensus scope of practice recommendations. Results. There was consensus on 5 scope of practice elements: outreach and community organizing, case management and care coordination, home visits, health education and coaching, and system navigation. For each element, 3 to 4 essential skills were identified, giving a total of 27 skills. These included all skills recommended in national CHW studies, along with 3 unique to New York: computer skills, participatory research methods, and time management. Conclusions. CHWs and employers in New York were in consensus on CHWs’ scope of practice on virtually all of the detailed core competency skills. The CHW scope of practice recommendations of these groups can help other states refine their scope of practice elements

Certification · Coaching · Health care · Medical education · Outreach · Political science · Public relations · Scope (computer science) · Scope of practice · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Nursing Roles and Practices · Psychology · Public Health Policies and Education

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