Foundations for Community Health Workers

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
ABOUT THE AUTHORS ix
INTRODUCTION xiii
Part 1 Community Health Work: The Big Picture 1
1 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS 3
Darouny Somsanith * Janey Skinner
2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FIELD IN THE UNITED STATES: THE SHOULDERS WE STAND ON 29
E. Lee Rosenthal * J. Nell Brownstein
3 AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH 63
Tim Berthold * Janey Skinner * Sharon Turner
4 HEALTH FOR ALL: PROMOTING HEALTH EQUALITY 83
Janey Skinner * Tim Berthold
5 AN INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES 109
Len Finocchio * Ellen Wu
Part 2 Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services 133
6 PRACTICING CULTURAL HUMILITY 135
Abby Rincón
7 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 155
Tim Berthold * Edith Guillén-Núñez
8 CONDUCTING INITIAL CLIENT INTERVIEWS 199
Tim Berthold * Mickey Ellinger
9 CLIENT-CENTERED COUNSELING FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE 221
Tim Berthold * Darouny Somsanith
10 CARE MANAGEMENT 259
Tim Berthold * Craig Wenzl * Emily Marinelli
11 HOME VISITING 299
Craig Wenzl * Tim Berthold * Emily Marinelli
Part 3 Enhancing Professional Skills 319
12 STRESS MANAGEMENT AND SELF CARE 321
Joani Marinoff * Tim Berthold * Sal Núñez
13 CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS 345
Darlene Weide * Joani Marinoff * Tim Berthold
14 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: GETTING A JOB, KEEPING A JOB, AND GROWING ON THE JOB 369
Amber Straus * Rhonella C. Owens * Tim Berthold * Jeni Miller
Part 4 Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues 391
15 PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE 393
Donna Willmott
16 INTRODUCTION TO CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT 419
Tim Berthold * Jill Tregor * David Spero
17 PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING 457
Tim Berthold * Jill Tregor
18 UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND SUPPORTING THE RECOVERY OF SURVIVORS 487
Tim Berthold * Janey Skinner
Part 5 Working with Groups and Communities 547
19 HEALTH OUTREACH 549
Craig Wenzl * Tim Berthold * Emily Marinelli
20 FACILITATING COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION TRAININGS 577
Jill Tregor
21 GROUP FACILITATION 601
Philip Colgan * Joani Marinoff * Tim Berthold
22 COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS 633
Susana Hennessey Lavery * Mele Lau-Smith * Alma Avila * Janey Skinner * Jill Tregor * Tim Berthold
23 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY 665
Alma Avila * Janey Skinner
VIDEO INDEX 689
AUTHOR INDEX 693
SUBJECT INDEX 697