Boundaries of Care

Community Health Workers in the United States

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Boundaries of Care

Community Health Workers in the United States

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In Boundaries of Care, Ryan I. Logan details the lived experience of community health workers (CHWs) – a present yet often invisible facet of the healthcare workforce. These workers participate in nonclinical services to enhance the health and well-being of their communities outside the walls of the clinic and social service agencies. Logan examines the boundaries of and barriers to care present in the experiences of CHWs, their relationships with clients, issues of professionalization, impacts of burnout and self-care, and the critical impacts of CHW advocacy. Told through first-hand accounts and interwoven with theory, Logan presents the key challenges facing this workforce and their potential to foster even greater well-being within their communities. The findings and recommendations from participants found within Boundaries of Care can inform and shape CHW programs both in the United States and abroad.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reaching Them Where They're At
Chapter One: “There Is Hope Out There”: Community Health Workers & The Moral Economy of Care
Chapter Two: Connecting with Clients & Engendering Empowerment: Analyzing the CHW-Client Relationship
Chapter Three: Present Yet Invisible: Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion in the Professional Workforce
Chapter Four: Boundaries of Care: How Caregiving Is Shaped in Community Health Work
Chapter Five: “So That No One Can Belittle Them”: Advocacy as Caregiving
Chapter Six: “You Cannot Pour from an Empty Cup”: Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Self-Care
Conclusion

Product details

Published 05 Jan 2022
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 234
ISBN 9781793629470
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 1 b/w illustrations; 9 b/w photos; 4 tables;
Series Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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