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64: Community Health Workers in the Emergency Departments
Adena Health System is a HRSA RCORP MAT-Access Grantee located in Chillicothe, OH. Project Director Kim Jones, Director of Community Health for Adena Health System, joins this episode alongside Kerri Shaw, Certified Community Health Worker (CHW) and Coordinator of the CHW Training Program at Ohio University. Kerri is also the Co-Chair of the Center for Community Health Worker Excellence in Ohio. They'll discuss an overview of CHWs and how they work in their local emergency department to help navigate those with substance use disorder to treatment and recovery resources, including social supports that may be barriers to treatment.
Timeline:
- What are community health workers? 2:00
- Professional Roles and Background 6:00
- What's the process look like? 11:00
- The impact 23:00
- What's next? 26:00
Adena Health System is a HRSA RCORP MAT-Access Grantee located in Chillicothe, OH. Project Director Kim Jones, Director of Community Health for Adena Health System, joins this episode alongside Kerri Shaw, Certified Community Health Worker (CHW) and Coordinator of the CHW Training Program at Ohio University. Kerri is also the Co-Chair of the Center for Community Health Worker Excellence in Ohio. They'll discuss an overview of CHWs and how they work in their local emergency department to help navigate those with substance use disorder to treatment and recovery resources, including social supports that may be barriers to treatment.
Timeline:
- What are community health workers? 2:00
- Professional Roles and Background 6:00
- What's the process look like? 11:00
- The impact 23:00
- What's next? 26:00