National Perspective

Community Heath Workers get National Support

United States Congress (Health and Medicine Policy Research Group)

Affordable Care Act CHW Sections

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

Standard Occupational Classification

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/chw-toolkit.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/pubs/docs/chw_evidence_assessment_report.pdf

American Public Health Association (APHA)

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2014/07/09/14/19/support-for-community-health-workers-to-increase-health-access-and-to-reduce-health-inequities

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

https://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2003/Unequal-Treatment-Confronting-Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-Health-Care/DisparitiesAdmin8pg.pdf

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

https://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Activity%20Files/Disease/ReducingHypertension/Ortiz.pdf