Community Health Workers:
A Unique and Vital Part of the
Western North Carolina Social and Health Care Systems
An Initiative Evaluation
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are front line public health workers that often come from the communities they work in. From January 2022 through December 2023 Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) worked with 12 Dogwood Health Trust funded organizations with embedded CHWs to implement community-based chronic disease management programing across Western North Carolina (WNC). MAHEC partnered with the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness (NCCHW) Culture of Results Initiative to complete an evaluation of the intiative from January 2022 through December 2023. To learn about the CHWs work on this Western North Carolina Chronic Disease Initiative in 2023 please visit the Results page.
Desired Results of This Project
To understand, from the perspective of Community Health Workers and their clients, what makes them a critical part of the Western North Carolina social and health care landscapes.
Questions?
For questions about this evaluation contact
Alex Mitchell (anielson@unca.edu])
For questions about the CHW Chonic Disease Initiative contact
Jess Rothenhoefer (jess.rothenhoefer@mahec.net)
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