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Recommendations For Creating A Certification System For Community Health Workers In Maine, Lyvia Gaewsky
Recommendations For Creating A Certification System For Community Health Workers In Maine, Lyvia Gaewsky
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The following report was developed to inform the Maine Community Health Worker Initiative (MECHWI) on the processes used by five other states to create a Community Health Worker (CHW) certification system. An assessment of the current situation in Maine as it pertains to certification development was also conducted and a set of recommendations to guide the MECWHI in furthering CHW certification efforts is provided. In summary, the processes used to develop a CHW certification system in Massachusetts, Oregon, Texas, Rhode Island and Indiana tended to involve the following activities: outreach to CHWs and CHW employers, engagement of key …