Evaluating the association of state regulation of community health workers on adoption of standard roles, skills, and qualities by employers in select states: a mixed methods study

Jones, Tammie M.; Schulte, Alex; Ramanathan, Suhashini; Assefa, Meron; Rebala, Srilatha; Maddox, Peggy J.

doi:10.1186/s12960-021-00684-y

Human Resources for Health

Table 2 Characteristics of CHW job ads

From: Evaluating the association of state regulation of community health workers on adoption of standard roles, skills, and qualities by employers in select states: a mixed methods study

	State regulation type
	No policy		New policy		Mature policy		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Job ads	1112	23.15	3026	62.99	666	13.86	4804	100
Employer type
Hospital/health system	288	20.07	870	60.63	277	19.30	1435	100
Non-hospital Healthcare	206	23.04	627	70.13	61	6.82	894	100
Health plan	102	40.64	109	43.43	40	15.94	251	100
Community based organization	413	28.21	879	60.04	172	11.75	1464	100
Health department	103	13.55	541	71.18	116	15.26	760	100
Occupation titles
SOC 21-1094	199	94.31	12	5.69	0	0	211	100
Community Health worker	363	12.84	2012	71.17	452	15.99	2827	100
Doula	6	28.57	14	66.67	1	4.76	21	100
Peer health educator	9	12.86	61	87.14	0	0	70	100
Peer specialist	130	16.39	547	68.98	116	14.63	793	100
Peer support specialist	405	45.92	380	43.08	97	11.00	882	100
Skills
Assessment	460	34.61	709	53.35	160	12.04	1329	100
Capacity building	0	0	14	63.64	8	36.36	22	100
Communication	348	18.79	1184	63.93	320	17.28	1852	100
Community	911	21.55	2700	63.86	617	14.59	4228	100
Evaluation	65	14.64	270	60.81	109	24.55	444	100
Facilitation	50	25.51	112	57.14	34	17.35	196	100
Health Disparity	3	13.04	17	73.91	3	13.04	23	100
Outreach	322	23.13	770	55.32	300	21.55	1392	100
Professional	331	19.20	1153	66.88	240	13.92	1724	100
Public health	60	15.50	215	55.56	112	28.94	387	100
Relationship building	18	29.51	36	59.02	7	11.48	61	100
Social determinant	5	2.81	152	85.39	21	11.80	178	100
Social service system	0	0	70	90.91	7	9.09	77	100
Qualities
Care	835	25.40	1971	59.96	481	14.63	3287	100
Compassionate	26	20.47	91	71.65	10	7.87	127	100
Honest	28	66.67	13	30.95	1	2.38	42	100
Motivate	35	11.01	235	73.90	48	15.09	318	100
Patient	373	20.30	1172	63.80	292	15.90	1837	100
Reliable	241	27.93	537	62.22	85	9.85	863	100
Self-direct	73	31.74	139	60.43	18	7.83	230	100
Roles
Advocate	330	19.38	1182	69.41	191	1.22	1703	100
Care coordination	124	27.13	252	55.14	81	17.72	457	100
Case management	168	23.27	435	60.25	119	16.48	722	100
Coach	157	19.48	567	70.35	82	10.17	806	100
Cultural	181	24.63	465	63.27	89	12.11	735	100
Direct service	10	6.33	141	89.24	7	4.43	158	100
Health education	20	4.64	299	69.37	112	25.99	431	100
Mediation	0	0	38	88.37	5	11.63	43	100
Social support	19	6.62	245	85.37	23	8.01	287	100
System navigation	1	5.26	18	94.74	0	0	19	100

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