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The 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (NCHWAS) is the largest online survey of Community Health Workers (CHW) conducted to date. NCHWAS represents the voices of approximately 1,767 CHWs from 45 United States and 4 US territories. Data gathered through NCHWAS is intended to be ‘open source’ and used for CHW workforce development and sustainability.

The NCHWAS aims to describe (1) the state of CHWs as a professional field and (2) the impact of CHW community advocacy on community engagement to address health disparities. Although Community Health Workers or CHWs go by a variety of titles, including Promotora de Salud, Community Health Representatives, Community Health Aides, Peer Educators, and Patient Navigators, to name just a few, we use the term Community Health Worker or CHWs as the umbrella term to describe the workforce.

CHW workforce data collected by NCHWAS includes gender, race/ethnicity, education, salary, experience, work environment, training, health and social areas of focus, professional affiliation and leadership, engagement in Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, CHWs advocacy efforts and impact on the social determinants of health and CHW-led initiatives to sustain and advance the CHW workforce.

The anonymous online survey was distributed to CHWs through local, state, a6nd national CHW professional associations, programs, and allies during February and May of 2014 and was available in English, Spanish, and Korean languages. Data reported here are not intended for publication in academic journals.

CHWs facilitating a community forum.

CHWs facilitating a community forum.

CHW learning elder perspectives on public transportation.

CHW learning elder perspectives on public transportation.

View and Download the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey Reports

The AzPRC would like to collect some basic information about who uses the reports created through the National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (NCHWAS). The only required field is for the state where you or your organization are based.

Please let us know what type of organization you are downloading the reports for. If you are using them as an individual, please just select 'Individual'.