Sept 2, 2011 -- Rural communities now have more information to help them develop community health programs. With the addition of the Community Health Workers (CHW) informational toolkit to the Rural Assistance Center (RAC) website, communities can quickly review examples of community health worker programs and learn how to develop an effective CHW program.
Community health workers are people in a community who help expand access to health services. This toolkit provides examples of how rural communities have developed CHW programs as well as methods used to provide CHW services in a variety of rural locations.
Content for the CHW toolkit was developed by the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis as part of the Community Health Gateway. The Gateway is designed to help rural communities learn about proven methods of providing rural residents with better access to health and human services. Development of these resources is part of an ongoing effort by NORC and RAC to provide innovative health and human services information to rural America.
Funding for this project is provided by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). To learn more about the Community Health Gateway and Community Health Worker informational toolkit, visit www.raconline.org/communityhealth/.
For more information
Kristine Sande, RAC Program Director
701.777.6466
About the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
The Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis was established in 1996 by Project HOPE to study policy issues affecting health care in rural America. The Walsh Center was transferred to NORC at the University of Chicago in 2003, and continues to create unique value for clients by conducting high-quality social science research to investigate, evaluate and address rural health issues. Learn more about the Walsh Center at walshcenter.norc.org and NORC at www.norc.org.
About the Rural Assistance Center
The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) helps rural communities and agencies learn about programs, funding and research beneficial to rural residents. Located at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, RAC provides information and technical assistance through its call center and online resource library, www.raconline.org.
