Decades of research have demonstrated that diabetes affects racial and ethnic minority and
low-income adult populations in the US disproportionately, with relatively intractable …

Objective To synthesize current understanding of how community-based health worker
(CHW) programs can best be designed and operated in health systems. Methods We …

Background. Health disparities are aggravated when prevention and care initiatives fail to
reach those they are intended to help. Groups can be classified as hardly reached according …

Background As the US transitions to value-based healthcare, physicians and payers are
incentivized to change healthcare delivery to improve quality of care while controlling costs …

Background Self-management support aims to give people with chronic disease confidence
in taking an active role in all aspects of their disease management and choosing healthy …

The dynamic nature of diabetes and its impact on multiple aspects of one's life requires
individuals to make frequent and ongoing self-management decisions. Therefore, the title of …

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contribute greatly to morbidity and
mortality in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Community health workers …

Aims To test the efficacy of a community health worker (CHW) delivered stress management
(SM) intervention on psychosocial, glycemic, and cortisol outcomes among US Latinos with …

IN BRIEF This article reports results from a patient-centered intervention to improve
management of type 2 diabetes in the New York City Bangladeshi community. The DREAM …

Importance Female community health volunteers (FCHVs) are frontline community health
workers who have been a valuable resource in improving public health outcomes in Nepal …