NEPTHC works in partnership with CHW supporting organizations and CHW professional associations to determine training needs responsive to current community challenges. NEPHTC collaboratively designs, develops and markets programs. CHWs often serve as moderators or co-instructors, contributing to content development. NEPHTC leads learning development, manages learning management systems, authoring tools, meeting platforms, data gathering and offers public health expertise.
NEPHTC builds relationships with training partners, associations and other CHW-supporting organizations. NEPHTC provides learning development, online event hosting, learning management system, and evaluation capabilities to improve the CHW training infrastructure and deliver continuing education that complements existing CHW core competency training.
Areliz O. Barbosa–COVID Collaborative Resource Coordinator, Partners in Health, is a CHW and was the Regional Chapter Leader for the Pioneer Valley for the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers from December 7, 2019- December 31, 2021. She currently works at Bay Path University in an interprofessional team teaching Introduction to Public Health, Culture Humility, and Social Justice to Physician’s Assistant students. She is passionate about sharing and using her lived experience as a tool to teach and inspire others.
Gail Hirsch–NACHW Board Member, Former Director of Office of Community Health Workers, MA Department of Public Health
Jamie Berberena–Community Engagement Director, Groundwork Southcoast. Ms. Berberena served as a CHW for 15 years and was Regional Chapter Leader in Southeastern Massachusetts and Advisory Board member for the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers. She was a core competency trainer with the Center for Health Education for the Boston Public Health Commission and has facilitated CHW trainings with the Justice Resource Institute. She contributes upstream programming approaches for Health Begins and serves as a policy council member with the Massachusetts Public Health Association.In 2016, NEPHTC conducted an environmental scan to “help [NEPTHC] better understand the evolving CHW workforce model in each [New England] state and identify potential roles NEPTHC might play in the future development of the CHW workforce.“ The scan, which can be accessed here, NEPHTC_CHW Environmental Scan_2016, consisted of reviewing state and national reports and resources and conducting a series of group interviews of CHW supporters by state. It revealed that formal and informal networks advocating for CHWs existed in each state and momentum towards formal credentialing of CHWs was gathering strength, with four of six states in the process of establishing some sort of system. Recommendations included that NEPHTC work with the CHW allies who were “looking to improve their CHW training infrastructure, including continuing education programs.”
Thursday, April 20th 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Description: Hypertension is a medical condition, also known as high blood pressure, which can increase the risk for serious conditions such as heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for people in the United States. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are uniquely qualified to […]
Thank you, Community Health Workers! NEPTHC is honored to host CHWs in our trainings and to work with CHW training partners across New England. We deeply appreciate CHWs and all the work they do to keep their communities safe and healthy. To learn more ways to celebrate CHWs, visit the MACHW homepage. Check out MACHW's […]
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022, 12:00 - 1:30 PM ET Description: This webinar will examine the various aspects of resource management in health care, health organizations and nonprofits. Resource management is the evidence-based process by which health care organizations effectively distribute human, capital, supply and data resources in a manner that assures operational and financial stability […]
**Rescheduling in Process** Thursday January 6, 2022, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST Description: This MACHW interactive workshop series aims to support CHWs as they strive to serve their clients during these challenging times. The workshop formats will include expert panels, Q and A, and case studies on critical issues from across Massachusetts. Working on […]
NEPHTC is happy to share with our CHW community the guidance document for CHW Employers developed by the MDPH Office of Community Health Workers. Our partners at Boston Public Health Commission Community Health Education Center (BPHC CHEC) also recommended the attached document from the Indiana State Health Department on Virtual Home Visiting.
NEPHTC is proud that our upcoming Speaker Denise Octavia Smith recent article published on the importance of Community Health Workers in our COVID-19 response. Denise is hosting part three of our COVID-19 Peer Learning and Support for Community Health Workers Webinar Series just published in the Health Affairs Blog about how we need to incorporate CHWs […]
How can Community Health Workers learn from and support each other to improve resilience, address burnout, and build ways to better support CHWs and their communities in the future? About this online peer learning series Community Health Workers are a group of professionals who, under normal times, are generally overstretched and working with challenging populations. […]
How can you help individuals discover their own reasons for making a change? About this Webinar This webinar will provide a brief overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) for community health workers and others who work with populations requiring chronic care. If you are curious about what is MI and how this style of conversation can […]
