Directory of top Community Health Workers in Liberty, Kentucky, USA
Taxonomy Code 172V00000X
The directory of Community Health Workers in Liberty, Kentucky was last updated 6/30/2024
Walter Blevins777 BROADWAY ST, WEST LIBERTY, KY Telephone Number: (606)-743-1212 General Dentist |
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Date NPI Record created: 5/22/2007 |
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Kyle Brent Mann428 HUSTONVILLE ST, LIBERTY, KY Telephone Number: (606)-787-2688 General Dentist |
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Date NPI Record created: 6/25/2019 |
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Michele F Beeler650 WHIPP AVE., LIBERTY, KY Telephone Number: (606)-787-5222 General Dentist |
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Date NPI Record created: 12/27/2006 |
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Ellen Grace White321 S WALLACE WILKINSON BLVD, LIBERTY, KY Telephone Number: (606)-787-0292 General Dentist |
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Date NPI Record created: 1/16/2020 |
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Laura B Scott428 HUSTONVILLE ST, LIBERTY, KY Telephone Number: (606)-787-2688 General Dentist |
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Date NPI Record created: 11/19/2011 |
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Community Health Workers
Taxonomy Code 172V00000X
Classification: Community Health Worker
Description
Community health workers (CHW) are lay members of communities who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in both urban and rural environments and usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status and life experiences with the community members they serve. They have been identified by many titles such as community health advisors, lay health advocates, promotores(as), outreach educators, community health representatives, peer health promoters, and peer health educators. CHWs offer interpretation and translation services, provide culturally appropriate health education and information, assist people in receiving the care they need, give informal counseling and guidance on health behaviors, advocate for individual and community health needs, and provide some direct services such as first aid and blood pressure screening. Some examples of these practitioners are Community Health Aides or Practitioners established under 25 USC 1616 (l) under HHS, Indian Health Service, Public Health Service.
Notes
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services - National Workforce Study on Community Health Workers, March, 2007. [7/1/2007: new]
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/chw/
