Community health worker integration with and effectiveness in health care and public health in the United States

M Knowles, AP Crowley, A Vasan… - Annual review of public …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Community health workers (CHWs) have worked in a variety of settings in the United States
for more than 70 years and are increasingly recognized as an essential health workforce …

Design, implementation, and evaluation of community health worker training programs in Latinx communities: A scoping review

CN Lee, RA Matthew, P Orpinas - Journal of Community …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines the current reporting trends of program design, implementation, and
evaluation of training programs for Latinx community health workers. Five scholarly …

Training-of-trainers program for community health workers involved in an innovative and community-based intervention against malaria among goldminers in the …

C Carboni, IJ Maroto, M Galindo, L Plessis… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction An innovative and community-based intervention is implemented in the Guiana
Shield to eliminate malaria among people involved in artisanal and small-scale gold mining …

Culturally adapting an evidence-based intervention to promote a healthy diet and lifestyle for Yup'ik Alaska native communities

SE Hopkins, E Orr, BB Boyer… - International journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Underserved populations are at increased risk for obesity and related cardiovascular
disease, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases. Lack of access to healthy foods …

SWOT analysis and recommendations for community health workers and stakeholders responding to COVID-19 health inequities

IN Zoschke, A Betancur, S Ehsan… - Health Promotion …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. By 2023, 1,080,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Harris County.
Systemic inequity and vaccine hesitancy have contributed to COVID-19 disparities …

The role of county-level persistent poverty in stroke mortality in the USA

JLK Kabangu, T Newsome-Cuby, A Hernandez… - Journal of Racial and …, 2024 - Springer
Stroke is a major health concern in the USA, disproportionately affecting socioeconomically
disadvantaged groups. This study investigates the link between persistent poverty and …

A participatory curricula for community health workers and supervisors to increase HIV health outcomes

S Rajabiun, A Baughman, M Sullivan, B Poteet… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are becoming essential members of the HIV workforce
as emerging evidence demonstrates their effectiveness in engaging people with HIV into …

Addressing training gaps: a competency-based, telehealth training initiative for community health workers

L Porterfield, V Warren, V Schick… - Telemedicine …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: To overcome vast variations in Community Health Worker (CHW) training,
investigators for the CHW Core Consensus Project (CCCP) derived three types of CHW …

Community health workers and promotoras' perspectives of a research best practice course: a focus group study

DS Varma, E Samuels, G Piatt, DC Watkins… - Journal of Clinical and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Introduction: Community Health Workers and Promotoras (CHW/Ps) are valued for their role
in helping to engage community members in research. CHW/Ps have traditionally received …

Training needs of community health workers facing the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas: a cross-sectional study

C Byrd-Williams, M Ewing, EL Rosenthal… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has required the professional healthcare workforce not only to
adjust methods of delivering care safely but also act as a trusted sources of information …