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1 online resource (739 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Community Health Work: The Big Picture -- Chapter 1 The Role of Community Health Workers -- Introduction -- 1.1 Who Are CHWs and What Do They Do? -- 1.2 CHWs and Public Health -- 1.3 Roles and Competencies of CHWs -- 1.4 Personal Qualities and Attributes of CHWs -- 1.5 The Role of CHWs in the Management of Chronic Conditions -- 1.6 Professionalizing the CHW Field -- 1.7 Introducing Four CHWs -- Chapter Review -- References -- Additional Resources |
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Chapter 2 The Evolution of the Community Health Worker Field in the United States: The Shoulders We Stand On -- Introduction -- Why Study History? -- 2.1 Neighbor Assisting Neighbor -- 2.2 CHW Names, Definitions, and Scope of Practice -- 2.3 The International Roots of CHWs -- 2.4 CHWs in the United States -- 2.5 Interview with CHW Yvonne Lacey -- 2.6 Trends in the CHW Field: Growing Strong in the New Millennium -- 2.7 Capacity Building and Education -- 2.8 CHW Policy Initiatives and Sustainability -- 2.9 Convening CHWs: Networks and Conferences -- Chapter Review -- References |
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Chapter 3 An Introduction to Public Health -- Introduction -- 3.1 Defining Health -- 3.2 Defining the Field of Public Health: Key Concepts -- 3.3 The Practice of Public Health -- Chapter Review -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 4 Health for All: Promoting Health Equality -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn -- Words to Know -- 4.1 Defining Health Inequality -- 4.2 Evidence of Health Inequalities -- 4.3 Awareness of Health Inequalities As a Catalyst for Change -- 4.4 Social Determinants of Health -- 4.5 Overcoming Health Inequalities -- 4.6 CHW Case Studies in Health Equality |
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4.7 The Role of CHWs -- Chapter Review -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 5 An Introduction to Health Care and Health Policy in the United States -- Introduction -- 5.1 What Health Care "System" Do We Have? -- 5.2 How Do We Pay for Health Care? -- 5.3 Who Provides Health Care Services? -- 5.4 More Work Needed to Get the System We Want -- Chapter Review -- References -- Additional Resources -- Part 2 Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services -- Chapter 6 Practicing Cultural Humility -- Introduction -- 6.1 Defining Cultural Humility -- 6.2 Practicing Cultural Humility |
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6.3 The Culturally Diverse Context for Community Health Work -- 6.4 Histories of Discrimination -- 6.5 Defining and Understanding Culture -- 6.6 Building Cultural Self-Awareness -- 6.7 Building Capacity as Culturally Effective CHWs -- 6.8 Cultural Health Beliefs -- 6.9 Professional Roles of Culturally Effective CHWs -- Chapter Review -- References -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 7 Guiding Principles -- Introduction -- 7.1 Ethical Guidelines for CHWs -- 7.2 Establishing and Maintaining Professional Boundaries -- 7.3 The Duty of Self-Awareness -- 7.4 Scope of Practice |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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7.5 Working as Part of a Multidisciplinary Team |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119060673 |
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1119060672 |
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