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Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO): a new model for community health worker training and support.
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO): a new model for community health worker training and support. Journal of public health policy Komaromy, M., Ceballos, V., Zurawski, A., Bodenheimer, T., Thom, D. H., Arora, S. 2018; 39 (2): 203-216Abstract
More than 50,000 community health workers (CHWs) are employed in the United States (US), a country with no national accreditation or certification program. In the US, CHWs are trained, formally and/or on-the-job, and rarely is long-term mentoring included. We developed a CHW training program using the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model™, distance education using video teleconferencing to support case-based learning, and mentoring of healthcare providers from medically underserved communities. We describe the ECHO model for CHW training and mentoring using case examples and pre/post-surveys from our obesity prevention and addiction recovery programs. Using the ECHO model to train and support CHWs offers advantages over traditional training methods, and can be adapted in other countries to support CHWs to improve health in their communities.
View details for DOI 10.1057/s41271-017-0114-8
View details for PubMedID 29263437