Medical Director’s Series
CHW Solutions’ Medical Director is Dr. Ron Jankowski. Dr. Jankowski is a family physician and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Minnesota. In the following tutorials, Dr. Jankowski explains various medical conditions. What is Hypertension? This tutorial is sponsored in part by the Minneapolis Health Department – Community […]
Health Coaching Training and Resources
Health coaching training and resources from Renee Gust, PHN, Hennepin County Public Health, Minnesota: (slides) (webinar – passcode: x^=L3^h4) Health Coaching — Introduction (slides) (webinar – passcode: m.9@7fYy) Health Coaching — Nutrition (slides) (webinar – passcode: O&q*6$P&) Health Coaching — Physical Activity and the Brain Patient Action Plan To sign-up for Renee’s “The Health Coach” newsletter, send her an email at renee.gust@hennepin.us.
2022 CHW Solutions Summer Café Chat Series
(06/21) CHW Solutions Summer Cafe Chat #1: What is it like being a CHW during COVID? Slides Migrant Clinicians Network Resource List Trusted Messenger Film NRC-RIM CHW Toolkit Post Chat Survey Link Zoom Recording – Facebook Zoom Recording – Zoom Passcode: iEgq19D^ (07/19) CHW Solutions Summer Cafe Chat #2: What did we do to make it […]
Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care
Bridging the Gap – Watch the video, featuring CHW Solutions’ CHW LaTrese, to see some of the different ways the project helps patients accomplish their health goals. The Minneapolis Health Department (MHD), under a “Bridging the gap: reducing disparities in diabetes care” grant from the Merck Foundation, has partnered with three Federally Qualified Health Centers in Minneapolis […]
Health Screening Tools
ADA Risk Tool
CHW Competencies
CHW Core Competencies Appendix A – Hypertension, Prediabetes, Diabetes Appendix B– Check-in and Group Supervision Guide Appendix C– Example CHW Interview Questions Appendix D – Training Resource List
Presentations
Building Competencies and Teams with CHWs – Slide deck “PowerPoint slides from Building Competencies and Teams with CHWs webinar, September 12, 2018. Moving beyond grants to sustainable CHW models – presented by Megan Nieto, LaTrese VanBuren, Megan Ellingson, and David Rak; April 2019. The CHW Solutions team presented at the Minnesota Department of Health Learning Days 2019 event. The annual Learning Days conference […]
CHW Solutions SDOH 5Q Assessment
CHW Solutions Social Determinants of Health Assessment – CHW Solutions developed a five-question Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) assessment tool, the SDOH 5-Q, measuring the most common areas where patients need help: housing, finances/income, food security, transportation, and support system. Open-ended questions to facilitate CHWs’ conversations with patients Patients’ responses are categorized as either “needs assistance” or […]
On-Demand Self-Care Training for Community Health Workers (CHWs)
On-Demand Self-Care Training – This training, created for the University of Minnesota NRC-RIM project, is intended to encourage and inspire CHWs and other paraprofessionals who work with RIM Communities to recognize the long-term value of self-care.
NRC-RIM Trusted Messenger
On-Demand Training – Trusted Messenger is a PBS documentary that follows a diverse ensemble of healthcare professionals as they set out to gain the trust of communities of color across Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resulting film highlights community-led efforts to overcome vaccine hesitancy and bring the pandemic under control. Versions of the documentary with […]
