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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2017, TO BE "COMMUNITY HEALTH

WORKERS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Hull, Williams, Ranglin-Vassell, and Maldonado

     Date Introduced: April 26, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Community Health Workers (CHWs) are professional non-clinicians who

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seek to promote the community's voice within the health care system. They provide a forum to

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share resources and strategies and advocate for underserved populations while making health

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services more culturally and linguistically appropriate; and

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     WHEREAS, Community Health Worker professionals build individual and community

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capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities

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including outreach, community education, counseling, and social support with an overall goal of

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eliminating health disparities based on race, ethnicity, gender, and class; and

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     WHEREAS, Community Health Worker professionals improve workforce diversity, a

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critical step in achieving health equity; and

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     WHEREAS, The Community Health Worker workforce is an apprenticeable profession

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according to the Rhode Island State Department of Labor and Training and the Rhode Island

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Department of Health; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby proclaims April, 2017, to be "Community Health Workers Month"

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in the State of Rhode Island. We furthermore thank them for the significant and important

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contributions they make towards improving the quality of life for the citizens of our state; and be

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it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

 

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dannie Ritchie, MD, MPH, Brown University

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Center for Primary Care and Prevention.

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