Directory of top Community Health Workers in Kingsford, Michigan, USA
Taxonomy Code 172V00000X
The directory of Community Health Workers in Kingsford, Michigan was last updated 6/30/2024
Tanya D RamirezN19W24101 RIVERWOOD DR, PEWAUKEE, WI Telephone Number: (844)-453-2053 Mental Health Counselor |
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Date NPI Record created: 8/2/2023 |
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Brittany Hablewitz325 FOREST GROVE DR STE 201, PEWAUKEE, WI Telephone Number: (414)-807-4723 Mental Health Counselor |
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Date NPI Record created: 7/16/2018 |
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Nicole Eve Herdegen161 W WISCONSIN AVE, STE 2B, PEWAUKEE, WI Telephone Number: (262)-695-8857 Mental Health Counselor |
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Date NPI Record created: 6/7/2011 |
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Erika J Wagner-Martin325 FOREST GROVE DR, STE 201, PEWAUKEE, WI Telephone Number: (262)-691-2980 Mental Health Counselor |
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Date NPI Record created: 2/22/2011 |
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Jill T Butterfield161 W WISCONSIN AVE STE 2B, PEWAUKEE, WI Telephone Number: (262)-695-8857 Mental Health Counselor |
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Date NPI Record created: 7/10/2006 |
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Jamie-Lyn Marie PalamaN27W23957 PAUL RD STE 101, PEWAUKEE, WI Telephone Number: (262)-278-9764 Mental Health Counselor |
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Date NPI Record created: 9/9/2018 |
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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/
