Roadmap for Health Equity: Understanding the Importance of Community-Engaged Research

B Boden-Albala - Stroke, 2025 - ahajournals.org
Achieving health equity in stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery has continued to be a
significant challenge. This article highlights the significance of health equity and the role of …

A Review of Community Health Worker Integration in Health Departments

S Ignoffo, S Gu, A Ellyin, MR Benjamins - Journal of Community Health, 2024 - Springer
Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who bridge the gap
between historically marginalized communities, healthcare, and social services …

Community health workers in the United States: time to expand a critical workforce

NM Rodriguez - American Journal of Public Health, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Community health workers (CHWs) have a long, rich global history of extending essential
health services and helping address social determinants of health for underserved …

Integrating trauma-and violence-informed care for adolescent mothers in Rwanda: a qualitative study with community health workers

A Nkurunziza, VL Smye, CN Wathen… - BMC health services …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Introduction In Rwanda, maternal community health workers play a critical role to
improving maternal, newborn and child health, but little is known about their specific …

[PDF][PDF] Rural Health Workers and Primary Health Care Promotion in Southeast Nigeria: Challenges and Their Implication to Community and Sustainable Development.

NU Chuke, SO Okafor, FO Mbagwu, OO Ike… - International Journal of …, 2023 - academia.edu
Accepted: 10 January 2023 Community health workers are the inalienable agent of
sustainable development across the globe especially, in the developing nations where …

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of community paramedicine programs in achieving vaccination equity: a qualitative study

ML Kasting, A Laily, SJ Smith, S Sembian… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Mobile Integrated Health-Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) is a
novel approach that may reduce the rural-urban disparity in vaccination uptake in the United …

''If You don't Feel Empowered, Then How are You Going to Empower Someone else?” Perspectives of Executive Directors and Supervisors on Community Health …

R Rahman, S Chesna, LA Brown, R Patel… - Human Service …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Expansion of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce has become a
national priority. It is critical to understand CHW strengths and individual challenges …

ARCHWAy: an innovative educational program advancing the public health workforce

BA Swan, Q Phan, K Crawford, S Febres-Cordero… - Archives of Public …, 2024 - Springer
Community health workers (CHWs) are vital yet often invisible contributors to care
coordination, health equity, and public health (PH) in medically underserved areas. The …

A call to action from the Purdue University Center for Health Equity and Innovation

JD Gonzalvo, A Meredith… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Purdue University College of Pharmacy established the Center for Health
Equity and Innovation (CHEqI) to provide students, faculty, and internal and external …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Pathways from Community Involvement to Empowerment in Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Public Health Perspective

NFM Tohit, SAZA Rashid… - Advances in Human …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The intersection of community involvement and empowerment in sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) initiatives represents a critical area in public health. This scoping review aimed …