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Assessment Components
Under the guidance of the state sponsors
and a CHW Assessment Advisory Committee,
composed of CHWs and CHW stakeholders
across Ohio, a comprehensive capacity
assessment was conducted. The assessment
team began the assessment with a secondary
data collection to understand what
information already existed on CHWs in
Ohio related to training and employment in
order to guide priority assessment questions
for the remainder of the assessment. Next,
the assessment team conducted 11 key
informant interviews to understand a broad
picture of how CHWs are currently utilized
in Ohio across a variety of domains and to
further inform key questions for surveys
and focus groups. The key informant
interviews also helped the assessment team
to connect with different CHW networks
and stakeholders across the state for the
recruitment of participants in the surveys
and focus groups. Finally, the assessment
team conducted a statewide CHW survey, a
statewide employer survey, and five focus
groups comprised of CHWs across the
state in order to collect primary data on
CHW utilization in Ohio based on priority
questions.
The 2018 Ohio Community Health Worker
Statewide Assessment Report contains full
details on the methodology (including
recruitment, protocols, assessment
instruments, and data analysis strategies)
and more detailed results for each
component of the assessment. Please
contact ODH to obtain a copy of the full
report, which will be available later in 2018.
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