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Bridging the Gap : How Community Health Workers Promote the Health of Immigrants.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199364336
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bridging the GapDDC classification:
  • 362.108
LOC classification:
  • RA448.5.I44 -- F56 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Bridging the Gap -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Immigrant Health: Immigration Trends and Impact on Health -- 2. A Good Fit: Community Health Workers and Immigrant Health -- 3. Becoming a Community Health Worker -- 4. Community Health Workers Promoting Immigrant Health: How Community Health Workers Have Supported Dominican Immigrants in Washington Heights, New York -- 5. Program Models for Community Health Workers Bridging the Gap -- 6. Strengthening the Bridge: How We Can Support Community Health Workers in Their Work With Immigrants -- References -- Index.
Summary: Bridging the Gap details the role, lessons, and effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) in bringing health care to underserved immigrant communities. Combining education, advocacy, and local cultural acumen, CHWs have proven successful in New York City and abroad, improving community health and establishing an evidence base for how CHW programs can work for immigrants.
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Cover -- Bridging the Gap -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Immigrant Health: Immigration Trends and Impact on Health -- 2. A Good Fit: Community Health Workers and Immigrant Health -- 3. Becoming a Community Health Worker -- 4. Community Health Workers Promoting Immigrant Health: How Community Health Workers Have Supported Dominican Immigrants in Washington Heights, New York -- 5. Program Models for Community Health Workers Bridging the Gap -- 6. Strengthening the Bridge: How We Can Support Community Health Workers in Their Work With Immigrants -- References -- Index.

Bridging the Gap details the role, lessons, and effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) in bringing health care to underserved immigrant communities. Combining education, advocacy, and local cultural acumen, CHWs have proven successful in New York City and abroad, improving community health and establishing an evidence base for how CHW programs can work for immigrants.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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