Penn Center for Community Health Workers: Step-by-Step Approach to Sustain an Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Intervention at an Academic Medical Center

Community-engaged researchers who work with low-income communities can be reliant on grant funding. We use the illustrative case of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers (PCCHW) to describe a step-by-step framework for achieving financial sustainability for community-engaged research interven...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2016-11, Vol.106 (11), p.1958-1960
Main Authors: Morgan, Anna U, Grande, David T, Carter, Tamala, Long, Judith A, Kangovi, Shreya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers - economics
Academic Medical Centers - organization & administration
Access to Care
AJPH Methods
Chronic Disease - economics
Chronic Disease - epidemiology
Chronic illnesses
Community
Community Health
Community health care
Community Health Workers - economics
Community Health Workers - organization & administration
Funding
Grants
Health care access
Health Care Facilities/Services
Health care policy
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Intervention
Low income areas
Low income groups
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicare
Medicine
Monetary incentives
Other Health Financing
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patient Satisfaction
Patients
Poverty
Primary care
Primary Prevention - organization & administration
Program Evaluation
Public health
Public Health Practice
Public Health Workers
Research projects
Research Support as Topic - economics
Research Support as Topic - organization & administration
Researchers
Return on investment
Stakeholders
Sustainability
Uninsured people
Workers
Working groups
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Summary:Community-engaged researchers who work with low-income communities can be reliant on grant funding. We use the illustrative case of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers (PCCHW) to describe a step-by-step framework for achieving financial sustainability for community-engaged research interventions. PCCHW began as a small grant-funded research project but followed an 8-step framework to engage both low-income patients and funders, determine outcomes, and calculate return on investment. PCCHW is now fully funded by Penn Medicine and delivers the Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT) community health worker intervention to 2000 patients annually.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303366