Peer support for the hardly reached: a systematic review

R Sokol, E Fisher - American journal of public health, 2016 - ajph.aphapublications.org
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 …

Peer support of complex health behaviors in prevention and disease management with special reference to diabetes: systematic reviews

EB Fisher, RI Boothroyd, EA Elstad, L Hays… - Clinical diabetes and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Objectives Examine Peer Support (PS) for complex, sustained health behaviors in
prevention or disease management with emphasis on diabetes prevention and …

1 million community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015

P Singh, JD Sachs - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
During the past 10 years, community health workers (CHWs) have emerged as a focal point
of international discussions of primary health-care systems. Although lay community-based …

Community health worker interventions to improve glycemic control in people with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Palmas, D March, S Darakjy, SE Findley… - Journal of general …, 2015 - Springer
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES We set out to review the efficacy of Community Health Worker
(CHW) interventions to improve glycemia in people with diabetes. METHODS Data sources …

The role of community health workers in diabetes: update on current literature

M Shah, E Kaselitz, M Heisler - Current diabetes reports, 2013 - Springer
Community health worker (CHW) interventions have been found to be a promising strategy
for improving diabetes outcomes, especially among low-income and racial and ethnic …

Outcome effectiveness of the lay health advisor model among Latinos in the United States: an examination by role

GX Ayala, L Vaz, JA Earp, JP Elder… - Health education …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to examine lay health advisor (LHA) programs designed to
promote health among US Latinos and the extent to which educator-only versus educator …

Peer support in health care and prevention: cultural, organizational, and dissemination issues

EB Fisher, MM Coufal, H Parada… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
As reviewed in the article by Perry and colleagues (2014) in this volume, ample evidence
has documented the contributions of peer support (PS) to health, health care, and …

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 …

The roles of community health workers in management of non-communicable diseases in an urban township

LP Tsolekile, T Puoane, H Schneider… - African journal of …, 2014 - scielo.org.za
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being recognised as a
crucial part of the health workforce in South Africa and other parts of the world. CHWs have …

[HTML][HTML] Recognizing the diverse roles of community health workers in the elimination of health disparities: from paid staff to volunteers

A Cherrington, GX Ayala, JP Elder… - Ethnicity & …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The community health worker (CHW) model has been successfully used to promote health
and reduce adverse health outcomes in under-served communities. Although there is a …