979: Technical Assistance Infrastructure, Community Health Worker Awareness Week

Christy Roby, Local Public Health Performance Section Supervisor with Iowa Health and Human Services, explains how her agency developed a new technical assistance infrastructure referral system; Chelsea Cipriano, Managing Director of the Common Health Coalition, celebrates National Community Health Worker Awareness Week by sharing how her organization is working to build partnerships between public health and healthcare programs; ASTHO has a web page dedicated to CHW's; and ASTHO's evidence-based technical packages can provide health agencies with accessible strategies to enhance community health interventions. ASTHO Blog: Iowa Promotes Public Health Infrastructure by Supporting Local Health Departments ASTHO Resource: Tools That Support Community Health Worker Programs in Island Jurisdictions ASTHO Web Page: Community Health Workers ASTHO Web Page: Evidence-Based Public Health