Cigarette smoking is increasingly concentrated in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups,
and food insecurity also disproportionately affects lower-income groups. Recent studies …

Motivation and Performance of Community Health Workers: Nothing New Under the Sun, and
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Abstract Purpose: Education on medical Spanish, defined as the use of Spanish by
clinicians for communication with patients, has proliferated rapidly since the first guidelines …

Individuals from communities with a low socioeconomic status have the highest rates of
tobacco use but are less likely to receive assistance with quitting. Community health workers …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke are major contributors to chronic disease burden
in the United States. Despite the high prevalence of stroke, 90% of all stroke events are …

Introduction Communities with low socioeconomic status have disproportionately high rates
of tobacco use, and community health workers (CHWs) have an increasing role in delivering …

Purpose E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among youth in the
United States. Yet evidence-based prevention programming is limited due to the rapid onset …

Background Despite its hampering influence on the willingness of healthcare professionals
(HCPs) to implement tobacco cessation treatments, the tobacco use status of these …

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being required to perform complex
health care activities, especially in community cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention …

The focus of this book is community-based health care with community health workers as a
critical workforce in health improvement. Professionals, policy makers, managers, and …