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 …

Community health workers can be a public health force for change in the United States: three actions for a new paradigm

H Balcazar, E Lee Rosenthal… - … journal of public …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Community health workers (CHWs) have gained increased visibility in the United States. We
discuss how to strengthen the roles of CHWs to enable them to become collaborative …

Establishing a professional profile of community health workers: results from a national study of roles, activities and training

M Ingram, KM Reinschmidt, KA Schachter… - Journal of community …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Community Health Workers (CHWs) have gained national recognition for their role
in addressing health disparities and are increasingly integrated into the health care delivery …

Community health workers and community advocacy: addressing health disparities

M Ingram, S Sabo, J Rothers, A Wennerstrom… - Journal of community …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract The Community Health Worker model is recognized nationally as a means to
address glaring inequities in the burden of adverse health conditions that exist among …

Community health workers as an integral strategy in the REACH US program to eliminate health inequities

S Cosgrove, M Moore-Monroy… - Health promotion …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Mounting evidence indicates that community health workers (CHWs) contribute to improved
behavioral and health outcomes and reductions in health disparities. We provide an …

Identifying the core elements of effective community health worker programs: a research agenda

SR Arvey, ME Fernandez - American journal of public …, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being incorporated into health
programs because they are assumed to effectively deliver health messages in a culturally …

Community health workers then and now: an overview of national studies aimed at defining the field

EL Rosenthal, N Wiggins, M Ingram… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
This article compares and contrasts 3 national studies of the US Community Health Worker
(CHW) field spanning 15 years. Findings cover 4 areas of overlap among the 3 studies …

Community health workers: part of the solution

EL Rosenthal, JN Brownstein, CH Rush, GR Hirsch… - Health …, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
Community health workers are recognized in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
as important members of the health care workforce. The evidence shows that they can help …

Community health workers in Canada and other high-income countries: A scoping review and research gaps

SAM Najafizada, IL Bourgeault, R Labonte… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Objectives Community health workers (CHWs) have been deployed to provide
health-related services to their fellow community members and to guide them through often …

Predictors and a framework for fostering community advocacy as a community health worker core function to eliminate health disparities

S Sabo, M Ingram, KM Reinschmidt… - … Journal of Public …, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. Using a mixed-method, participatory research approach, we investigated factors
related to community health worker (CHW) community advocacy that affect social …