Supporting Arthritis Management - The Role of Community Health Worker Resources

Laying the Foundation

• Arthritis Basics (CDC)
• About the Arthritis Program (MDH)
• Arthritis Risk Factors (CDC)
• Community Health Worker Resources (CDC)
• Role of Community Health Workers (NIH)
• What’s happening in Minnesota (Arthritis Foundation)

Understanding and Managing Arthritis

• Get in the Habit of Stretching (Arthritis Foundation)
• Physical activity and Arthritis (MDH)
• Managing Arthritis Pain (Arthritis Foundation)
• Physical Activity for Arthritis (CDC)
• Manage Osteoarthritis (Osteoarthritis Action Alliance)
• Self-Care for Arthritis: Five Ways to Manage Your Symptoms (CDC)

Health Care Resources to Support Patient Engagement in Arthritis Management

• Five Major Steps to Intervention, The 5 A's (AHRQ)
• Osteoarthritis Care Tools (Osteoarthritis Action Alliance)
• Rx for Health Series – Exercise plans for arthritis and other chronic disease (American College of Sports Medicine)
• Physical Activity and Nutrition Risk Assessment – Resources for CMS Billing (Rural Health Information Hub)
• Exercise is Medicine – Health Care Provider Tools (American College of Sports Medicine)

Referral to Community Programs and Interventions

• Injury Prevention (Osteoarthritis Action Alliance)Physical Activity Programs in Minnesota (MDH) (PDF)
• Juniper - Evidence-based program network. (Juniper)
• Arthritis Helpline (Arthritis Foundation)
• Minnesota Aging Pathways

Clinic-Community Linkage for Arthritis Management

• Community-Clinical Linkages for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases: A Practitioner's Guide (CDC) (PDF)
• Health Care Providers’ Action Guide (American College of Sports Medicine) (ACSM) (PDF)
• Million Hearts
• National Statistics - Arthritis (CDC)
• Learning Modules (Osteoarthritis Action Alliance)
• Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide Addendum 2 - Tools and Technologies for Registry Interoperability (AHRQ) (PDF)

Walk With Ease

• Walk With Ease – Walking for managing arthritis symptoms (MDH)
• Let’s Walk Minnesota Partner Toolkit (MDH)
• Minnesota’s online walking program – Walk With Ease (Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (MDH)
• Walk With Ease in the Worksite (Arthritis Foundation)
• Walk With Ease Leader Resources (Arthritis Foundation)
• Walk With Ease Program (Arthritis Foundation)
• Walk With Ease Self-Directed Enhanced Kit (Arthritis Foundation) (PDF)
• Walk With Ease Toolkit (Osteoarthritis Action Alliance)
• Walk With Ease Disability Adaptation Guide (Arthritis Foundation) (PDF)