title: Penn Center for Community Health Workers: Step-by-Step Approach to Sustain an Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Intervention at an Academic Medical Center.
abstract: Community-engaged researchers who work with low-income communities can be reliant on grant funding. We use the illustrative case of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers (PCCHW) to describe a step-by-step framework for achieving financial sustainability for community-engaged research interventions. PCCHW began as a small grant-funded research project but followed an 8-step framework to engage both low-income patients and funders, determine outcomes, and calculate return on investment. PCCHW is now fully funded by Penn Medicine and delivers the Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT) community health worker intervention to 2000 patients annually.
authors.affiliation: Anna U. Morgan is with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. David T. Grande is with the Department of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Tamala Carter is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, Philadelphia, PA. Judith A. Long is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia. Shreya Kangovi is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers and the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Anna U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Anna U. Morgan is with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. David T. Grande is with the Department of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Tamala Carter is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, Philadelphia, PA. Judith A. Long is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia. Shreya Kangovi is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers and the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.affiliation: Anna U. Morgan is with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. David T. Grande is with the Department of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Tamala Carter is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, Philadelphia, PA. Judith A. Long is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia. Shreya Kangovi is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers and the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Tamala
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Anna U. Morgan is with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. David T. Grande is with the Department of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Tamala Carter is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, Philadelphia, PA. Judith A. Long is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia. Shreya Kangovi is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers and the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Anna U. Morgan is with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. David T. Grande is with the Department of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Tamala Carter is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, Philadelphia, PA. Judith A. Long is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia. Shreya Kangovi is with the Penn Center for Community Health Workers and the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Shreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kangovi
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*