ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii ABOUT THE AUTHORS ix INTRODUCTION xiii Part 1 Community Health Work: The Big Picture 1 1 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS 3 Darouny Somsanith Janey Skinner 2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FIELD IN THE UNITED STATES: THE SHOULDERS WE STAND ON 29 E. Lee Rosenthal J. Nell Brownstein 3 AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH 63 Tim Berthold Janey Skinner Sharon Turner 4 HEALTH FOR ALL: PROMOTING HEALTH EQUALITY 83 Janey Skinner Tim Berthold 5 AN INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES 109 Len Finocchio Ellen Wu Part 2 Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services 133 6 PRACTICING CULTURAL HUMILITY 135 Abby Rincon 7 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 155 Tim Berthold Edith Guillen-Nunez 8 CONDUCTING INITIAL CLIENT INTERVIEWS 199 Tim Berthold Mickey Ellinger 9 CLIENT-CENTERED COUNSELING FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE 221 Tim Berthold Darouny Somsanith 10 CARE MANAGEMENT 259 Tim Berthold Craig Wenzl Emily Marinelli 11 HOME VISITING 299 Craig Wenzl Tim Berthold Emily Marinelli Part 3 Enhancing Professional Skills 319 12 STRESS MANAGEMENT AND SELF CARE 321 Joani Marinoff Tim Berthold Sal Nunez 13 CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS 345 Darlene Weide Joani Marinoff Tim Berthold 14 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: GETTING A JOB, KEEPING A JOB, AND GROWING ON THE JOB 369 Amber Straus Rhonella C. Owens Tim Berthold Jeni Miller Part 4 Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues 391 15 PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE 393 Donna Willmott 16 INTRODUCTION TO CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT 419 Tim Berthold Jill Tregor David Spero 17 PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING 457 Tim Berthold Jill Tregor 18 UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND SUPPORTING THE RECOVERY OF SURVIVORS 487 Tim Berthold Janey Skinner Part 5 Working with Groups and Communities 547 19 HEALTH OUTREACH 549 Craig Wenzl Tim Berthold Emily Marinelli 20 FACILITATING COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION TRAININGS 577 Jill Tregor 21 GROUP FACILITATION 601 Philip Colgan Joani Marinoff Tim Berthold 22 COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS 633 Susana Hennessey Lavery Mele Lau-Smith Alma Avila Janey Skinner Jill Tregor Tim Berthold 23 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY 665 Alma Avila Janey Skinner VIDEO INDEX 689 AUTHOR INDEX 693 SUBJECT INDEX 697