objective 6: patient navigation
Expand the cancer workforce to include more community health workers, patient navigators and care coordinators
strategies
6.1 Increase the availability of and access to certificate programs for community health workers
6.2 Work to integrate a high-quality cancer curriculum in community health worker training and certificate programs
6.3 Promote cancer care training and certification programs to prepare health care professionals to serve as cancer patient navigators and care coordinators
6.4 Conduct an assessment of community health worker certificate holders and lay patient navigators to determine their level of employment in cancer-related activities
6.5 Promote policies, including payment reform, that support the effective deployment of community health workers
6.6 Advocate for financial reimbursement for cancer patient navigators and care coordinators
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