Foundations for Community Health Workers
3rd Edition
Published on 13. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
768 pages
978-1-394-19978-5 (ISBN)
Description
A practical guide to becoming a community health worker
Foundations for Community Health Workers provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to essential skills for professionals in community health roles. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a greater need than ever for compassionate community health workers trained in the core competencies and guiding principles that can empower individuals to lead healthy lives. With an emphasis on social justice, cultural humility, and client-centered practice, this book offers a solid background in professional skills and their application. Real-life case studies and quotes from community health workers illustrate the challenges and successes that learners will face on the job. Readers will also gain skills in conflict resolution, group facilitation, community organizing, trauma support, and more, equipping them to enter the public health field with confidence and safety.
Learn about the public health field and the skills needed to become a community health worker
Gain skills in interacting with people from diverse backgrounds and circumstances
Develop a background in client interviewing, community advocacy, and facilitating community health trainings
Read case studies from real community health workers
This book, in its updated Third Edition, is a valuable introduction and reference for anyone working toward a career as a community health worker.
Foundations for Community Health Workers provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to essential skills for professionals in community health roles. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a greater need than ever for compassionate community health workers trained in the core competencies and guiding principles that can empower individuals to lead healthy lives. With an emphasis on social justice, cultural humility, and client-centered practice, this book offers a solid background in professional skills and their application. Real-life case studies and quotes from community health workers illustrate the challenges and successes that learners will face on the job. Readers will also gain skills in conflict resolution, group facilitation, community organizing, trauma support, and more, equipping them to enter the public health field with confidence and safety.
Learn about the public health field and the skills needed to become a community health worker
Gain skills in interacting with people from diverse backgrounds and circumstances
Develop a background in client interviewing, community advocacy, and facilitating community health trainings
Read case studies from real community health workers
This book, in its updated Third Edition, is a valuable introduction and reference for anyone working toward a career as a community health worker.
Reviews / Votes
"As a Community Health Worker working in diverse programs for 25 years, I've had many opportunities to apply the information within the Foundations for Community Health Workers to inform my CHW-focused grant writing, program development and training... I'm thrilled to see this book continue to contribute to CHWs' collective movement for self-determination, self-actualization, respect and equity." -Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN Executive Director, National Association of Community Health Workers "The textbook provides a valuable competency- centered tool that embraces all that the C3 Project promotes - supporting a comprehensive curriculum for both learners and educators in community-based and formal educational settings." -The Community Health Worker Core Consensus Project (C3More details
Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1542 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-394-19978-5 (9781394199785)
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Timothy Berthold | Darouny Somsanith
Foundations for Community Health Workers
E-Book
05/2024
3rd Edition
Wiley
€75.99
Available for download
Timothy Berthold | Darouny Somsanith
Foundations for Community Health Workers
E-Book
05/2024
3rd Edition
Wiley
€72.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Timothy Berthold
Foundations for Community Health Workers
Book
07/2016
2nd Edition
Jossey-Bass
€97.90
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Persons
Tim Berthold, MPH, has worked closely with community health workers for over 35 years. He supervised CHWs in public health settingss in the United States and internationally. Tim served as a faculty member and Program Coordinator for the CHW certificate program at City College of San Francisco.
Darouny Somsanith, MPH, is the coordinator of the Community Health Worker (CHW) Program and faculty member within the Health Education Department at City College of San Francisco. She started her public health career as a CHW and has over 20 years experience working on issues of workforce development and supporting the diverse training needs of community health workers.
Darouny Somsanith, MPH, is the coordinator of the Community Health Worker (CHW) Program and faculty member within the Health Education Department at City College of San Francisco. She started her public health career as a CHW and has over 20 years experience working on issues of workforce development and supporting the diverse training needs of community health workers.
Content
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Part 1: Community Health Work: the Big Picture
1. The Role of Community Health Workers- Serving with Skills and Compassion
Darouny Somsanith and Susan Mayfield-Johnson
2. The Evolution of the CHW Field in the US
E. Lee Rosenthal, Paige Menking, Floribella Redondo-Martinez and J. Nell Brownstein
3. An Introduction to Public Health
Rama Ali Kased and Savita Malik
4. Promoting Health Equity
Amie Fishman and Pau I. Crego
Part 2: Core Compentencies for Providing Direct Services
5. Guiding Principles: Self-Awareness, Ethics, Professional Boundaries and Teamwork
James Figueiredo and Marilyn Gardner
6. Behavior Change and Person-Centered Practice
Tim Berthold
7. Practicing Cultural Humility
Alberta Rincon and Pau I. Crego
8. Conducting Initial Client Assessments
Tim Berthold and Lorena Carmona
9. Person-Centered Counseling and Motivational Interviewing
Tim Berthold and Darouny Somsanith
10. Case Management
Tim Berthold and Cristina Arellano
11. Conducting Home Visits
Tim Berthold and Francis Julian Montgomery
Part 3: Enhancing Professional Kills
12. Stress, Health, and Self-Care
Tim Berthold
13. Conflict Resolution
Tim Berthold
14. Professional Skills: Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, and Growing on the Job
Jimmy Ly and Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado
Part 4: Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues
15. Health Care is Reentry: Promoting the Health of People who have Experienced Incarceration
Amie Fishman and Joe Calderon
16. Chronic Conditions Management
Tim Berthold, Lorena Carmona, Mattie Clark
17. Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living
Tim Berthold and Jill Tregor
18. Supporting Survivors with Trauma
Tim Berthold
Part 5: Working with Groups and Communities
19. Community Health Outreach
Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado
20. Facilitating Trainings
Jill Tregor and Joe Calderon
21. Group Facilitations
James Figueiredo
22. Research, Evaluation and Dissemination of Findings
Lily K. Lee, Julie St. John, J. Nell Brownstein, Pennie Jewell, Lisa Renee Holderby-Fox
23. Community Organizing
Rama Ali Kased, Larry Salomon, Savita Malik
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Part 1: Community Health Work: the Big Picture
1. The Role of Community Health Workers- Serving with Skills and Compassion
Darouny Somsanith and Susan Mayfield-Johnson
2. The Evolution of the CHW Field in the US
E. Lee Rosenthal, Paige Menking, Floribella Redondo-Martinez and J. Nell Brownstein
3. An Introduction to Public Health
Rama Ali Kased and Savita Malik
4. Promoting Health Equity
Amie Fishman and Pau I. Crego
Part 2: Core Compentencies for Providing Direct Services
5. Guiding Principles: Self-Awareness, Ethics, Professional Boundaries and Teamwork
James Figueiredo and Marilyn Gardner
6. Behavior Change and Person-Centered Practice
Tim Berthold
7. Practicing Cultural Humility
Alberta Rincon and Pau I. Crego
8. Conducting Initial Client Assessments
Tim Berthold and Lorena Carmona
9. Person-Centered Counseling and Motivational Interviewing
Tim Berthold and Darouny Somsanith
10. Case Management
Tim Berthold and Cristina Arellano
11. Conducting Home Visits
Tim Berthold and Francis Julian Montgomery
Part 3: Enhancing Professional Kills
12. Stress, Health, and Self-Care
Tim Berthold
13. Conflict Resolution
Tim Berthold
14. Professional Skills: Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, and Growing on the Job
Jimmy Ly and Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado
Part 4: Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues
15. Health Care is Reentry: Promoting the Health of People who have Experienced Incarceration
Amie Fishman and Joe Calderon
16. Chronic Conditions Management
Tim Berthold, Lorena Carmona, Mattie Clark
17. Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living
Tim Berthold and Jill Tregor
18. Supporting Survivors with Trauma
Tim Berthold
Part 5: Working with Groups and Communities
19. Community Health Outreach
Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado
20. Facilitating Trainings
Jill Tregor and Joe Calderon
21. Group Facilitations
James Figueiredo
22. Research, Evaluation and Dissemination of Findings
Lily K. Lee, Julie St. John, J. Nell Brownstein, Pennie Jewell, Lisa Renee Holderby-Fox
23. Community Organizing
Rama Ali Kased, Larry Salomon, Savita Malik