Winning policy change to promote community health workers: Lessons from Massachusetts in the health reform era

T. Mason, G.W. Wilkinson, A. Nannini, C.M. Martin, D.J. Fox and G. Hirsch

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 12, 2211-2216

Abstract: There is a national movement among community health workers (CHWs) to improve compensation, working conditions, and recognition for the workforce through organizing for policy change. As some of the key advocates involved, we describe the development in Massachusetts of an authentic collaboration between strong CHW leaders of a growing statewide CHW association and their public health allies. Collaborators worked toward CHW workforce and public health objectives through alliance building and organizing, legislative advocacy, and education in the context of opportunities afforded by health care reform. This narrative of the path to policy achievements can inform other collaborative efforts attempting to pro-motea policy agenda for the CHW workforce across the nation.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300402

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