MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
The Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW) is the statewide professional organization for community health workers (CHWs) from all disciplines. A community health worker is a public health professional who promotes full and equal access to necessary health and social services by applying his or her unique understanding of the experiences, language and culture of the communities he or she serves. MACHW was founded in March 2000 to enable CHWs to lead the movement to organize, define and strengthen the profession of community health work.
The Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW) is the statewide professional organization for community health workers (CHWs) from all disciplines. A community health worker is a public health professional who promotes full and equal access to necessary health and social services by applying his or her unique understanding of the experiences, language and culture of the communities he or she serves. MACHW was founded in March 2000 to enable CHWs to lead the movement to organize, define and strengthen the profession of community health work.
The Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW) is the statewide professional organization for community health workers (CHWs) from all disciplines. A community health worker is a public health professional who promotes full and equal access to necessary health and social services by applying his or her unique understanding of the experiences, language and culture of the communities he or she serves. MACHW was founded in March 2000 to enable CHWs to lead the movement to organize, define and strengthen the profession of community health work.
The Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW) is the statewide professional organization for community health workers (CHWs) from all disciplines. A community health worker is a public health professional who promotes full and equal access to necessary health and social services by applying his or her unique understanding of the experiences, language and culture of the communities he or she serves. MACHW was founded in March 2000 to enable CHWs to lead the movement to organize, define and strengthen the profession of community health work.
The Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW) is the statewide professional organization for community health workers (CHWs) from all disciplines. A community health worker is a public health professional who promotes full and equal access to necessary health and social services by applying his or her unique understanding of the experiences, language and culture of the communities he or she serves. MACHW was founded in March 2000 to enable CHWs to lead the movement to organize, define and strengthen the profession of community health work.
The Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW) is the statewide professional organization for community health workers (CHWs) from all disciplines. A community health worker is a public health professional who promotes full and equal access to necessary health and social services by applying his or her unique understanding of the experiences, language and culture of the communities he or she serves. MACHW was founded in March 2000 to enable CHWs to lead the movement to organize, define and strengthen the profession of community health work.
The Board of Certification of Community Health Workers held its first meeting on Tuesday July 19, 2012. The next meeting will be held on December 4 at the Division of Health Professions Licensure, 239 Causeway St., Boston in conference Rooms A & B from 9:00 - 1:00 PM. The meeting agenda will be posted on the Board’s website one week prior to the meeting. It is open to the public. MACHW members are welcome to attend.
Pencil into your calendar the date of MACHW's quarterly policy meeting: Jan. 17, 2013, 12:30 to 3:00pm, Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem St., Worcester, MA 01608. Featured topics to include the state budget and Wellness and Prevention Fund. Lunch and refreshments will be served. Please register here and spread the word by sharing the event flyer with your networks.
Community health workers and stakeholders from all six New England states participated in the first New England Regional Community Health Worker Summit. Fifty attendees participated in the Summit including individual CHWs, CHW associations, state and local health departments, funders, payers and CHW trainers among others. This was the first gathering of its kind in New England. Continue reading.
MACHW Recognizes Gov. Patrick With Community Health Worker Champion Award
On January 9, Gov. Deval Patrick welcomed MACHW board members and staff into his chambers at the State House to accept MACHW’s Community Health Worker Champion Award. First conferred in 2006, the award recognizes an elected official who has supported policy change to promote the unique contribution of community health workers in improving health.
