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 Rincon     7 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 155 Tim Berthold     Edith Guillen-Nunez     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 Nunez     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