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Addressing Training Gaps: A Competency-Based, Telehealth Training Initiative for Community Health Workers

Telemedicine Reports · 6 authors, 7 centres

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All 18 CHWs passed the posttest (mean 93.7%) with high attendance (98.9%) and satisfaction scores.

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This study developed and evaluated a competency-based, bilingual telehealth training program for Category 1 Community Health Workers (CHWs) using the six domains of the CHW Core Consensus Project as a framework. The case-study posttest revealed that emergent versus non-emergent situations had the lowest correct response rate (79.6%).

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PMC10282968

Addressing Training Gaps: A Competency-Based, Telehealth Training Initiative for Community Health Workers

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Background: To overcome vast variations in Community Health Worker (CHW) training, investigators for the CHW Core Consensus Project (CCCP) derived three types of CHW (Category 1, 2, 3) and established competencies for each category. However, studies are needed that implement these competencies in real-world settings. Objective: Using the six competency domains of the CCCP as a theoretical backbone, we developed and evaluated a training for Category 1 CHWs, individuals whose focus is on community outreach and advocacy. Methods: We developed five telehealth-based, bilingual (Spanish/English) training sessions and implemented them among Category 1 Latino(a) CHWs. We measured the number of CHWs who achieved ≥70% correct on a domain-based posttest, attendance, and qualitative feedback. Results: All (18/18) CHWs achieved at least 70% on the posttest (mean: 93.7%; range 73.3–100%). Training attendance was 98.9%. Using a six-point scale, CHWs reported high levels of satisfaction overall (5.72 ± 0.57/6.0), with telehealth (5.72 ± 0.58/6.0), effectiveness of teaching strategies/methods (5.89 ± 0.32/6.0), achieving training objectives (5.96 ± 0.15/6.0), knowledge improvement (5.72 ± 0.57/6.0), and interest (5.78 ± 0.43/6.0). Conclusion: We successfully developed and evaluated a bilingual training program for Category 1 CHWs to address core competency gaps. High CHW attendance reinforces the value of telehealth modalities and their potential to increase the reach for CHW training. To overcome gaps in chronic disease training, investigations are needed to address additional CHW trainings. Trial Registration: NCT04835493 .

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Laura Porterfield, Victoria Warren, Vanessa Schick et al.. Addressing Training Gaps: A Competency-Based, Telehealth Training Initiative for Community Health Workers. Telemedicine Reports. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2023.0007

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Laura Porterfield, Victoria Warren, Vanessa Schick, Shannon Gulliot-Wright, Jeff R. Temple, Elizabeth M. Vaughan

1Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, USA.
2Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, USA.
3Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
4Management, Policy, and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA.
5School of Nursing, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, USA.
6Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, USA.
7Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.