Acronyms
CHW
What is Community Health Worker?
Name 3 CHWI Values
What is: (can be any of these) Trust, Integrity, Respect, Honesty / Authenticity, Brave, Safe Space, Humility, Empathy, Resiliency, Empowerment, Lived Experience, Equity
This is defined as: "Organizing models that integrate participants who have common interests and work together to achieve shared goals."
What is a Network?
This is the definition of what professional "A frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery."
What is a Community Health Worker?
This person serves as the coordinator and primary point of contact for the development of a Regional CHW Network in each of the 6 NC Medicaid regions.
What is Regional Network Coordinator?
AHEC
What is Area Health Education Centers
This value is defined as “We recognize, respect, and value first-hand experiences persons bring to our work.”
What is Lived Experience?
This is defined as "This is the overarching goal that brings us together and that we want to strive for. "
What is shared vision?
Name 2 core roles of CHWs (based on the C3 Project)
Cultural Mediation Among Individuals, Communities, and Health and Social Service Systems
Providing Culturally Appropriate Health Education and Information
Care Coordination, Case Management, and System Navigation
Providing Coaching and Social Support
Advocating for Individuals and Communities
Building Individual and Community Capacity
Providing Direct Service
Implementing Individual and Community Assessments
Conducting Outreach
Participating in Evaluation and Research
"Hosts" the network. Provides backbone administration support, conducts outreach to attendees and manages convening responsibilities.
What is Regional Convening Organization?
PIH
What is Partners in Health?
This value is defined as “ We maintain a safe environment where individuals are not judged, are not given unsolicited advice, and are able to draw upon the collective strength of others."
What is Brave Safe Space?
Leveraged resources, information sharing/shared, policy and advocacy influence, solution building, strengthened relations are all examples of this.
What are benefits of a network?
The mission of this organization states “We advance the professional pathways of CHWs — ensuring they are valued as frontline public health professionals throughout North Carolina.”
What is NCCHWA?
"Leads" the network. A steering committee of CHWs that develops agendas, facilitates calls and determines goals and priorities for the network.
What is CHW Drive Team?
ORH
What is Office of Rural Health?
Name one CHWI principle.
What is (any of these):
We Center CHWs in All of our Work
We Prioritize Systems and Policy Change
We Strive to Share and Neutralize Power
We are Committed to Brave Conversations
We Promote Accountability
We are Committed to Equitable and Formative Evaluation
This is the number of regional networks this project is supporting.
What is 6?
The number of this is over 1000 in NC.
What is certified CHWs?
"Members" of the network. Attend meetings, share experiences and perspectives, vote on priorities and participate in activities.
What is CHW attendees?
NCCHWA
What is North Carolina Community Health Worker Association?
To ensure this principle our goal is at least 51% CHWs with decision making.
What is We center CHWs in all of our work?
Facilitation, Coordination and Administration
What are the actions need to support and bolster needed to achieve the networks goals?
The president of the NC Community Health Worker Association
Who is Honey Estrada?
"Supports" the network. Listens to and champions regional priorities, facilitates collaboration across the state, represents CHW voices and uplifts them to the state level.
What is NCCHWA?