Community Health Work and Social Work Collaboration: Integration in Health Care and Public Health Settings: A Conceptual Framework.
J Ambul Care Manage
; 47(3): 187-202, 2024.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38775666
ABSTRACT
Community health worker (CHW) and social worker (SW) collaboration is crucial to illness prevention and intervention, yet systems often engage the 2 workforces in silos and miss opportunities for cross-sector alignment. In 2021, a national workgroup of over 2 dozen CHWs, SWs, and public health experts convened to improve CHW/SW collaboration and integration across the United States. The workgroup developed a conceptual framework that describes structural, systemic, and organizational factors that influence CHW/SW collaboration. Best practices include standardized training, delineated roles and scopes of practice, clear workflows, regular communication, a shared system for documentation, and ongoing support or supervision.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Work
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Community Health Workers
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Cooperative Behavior
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Ambul Care Manage
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article