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. 2018 Aug 1;101(6):40-43.

Community Health Workers in Rhode Island: A Study of a Growing Public Health Workforce

Brady Dunklee  1 , Deborah Garneau  2
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  • PMID: 30068054

Community Health Workers in Rhode Island: A Study of a Growing Public Health Workforce

Brady Dunklee et al. R I Med J (2013). .

Abstract

Community Health Workers are gaining recognition as a valuable, newly emergent public health workforce. This article describes a qualitative study that generated a snapshot of Community Health Worker employment in Rhode Island, gathered collective wisdom and stakeholders' perspectives about how to pay for a community health workforce, and highlighted promising opportunities to grow and sustain the field. This article summarizes the study's findings, and discusses its implications. The full report is available at: http://www.health.ri.gov/ publications/reports/CommunityHealthWorkersInRhode Island.pdf

Keywords: CHWs; Community Health; Community Health Worker Funding; Community Health Workers; Public Health Workforce.

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