Engaging Community Health Workers in Primary Care Practices: Provider Understanding of Roles, Benefits, and Barriers.

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• Alternative Title:
  The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 2025, v. 47, no. 3: Engaging Community Health Workers in Primary Care Practices: Provider Understanding of Roles, Benefits, and Barriers.
• Journal Article:
  The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
• Personal Author:
  Rohan, Elizabeth A. ; Townsend, Julie S. ; Bermudez, Andrea Torres ; Thompson, Hope L. ; Holman, Dawn M. ; Reza, Avid ; Tharpe, Felicia Solomon ; Wennerstrom, Ashley
• Description:
  Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly addressing health disparities in primary care settings; however, there is little information about how primary care practitioners (PCPs) interact with CHWs or perceive CHW roles. We examined PCP engagement with CHWs in adult primary care settings. Overall, 55% of 1504 PCPs reported working with CHWs; involvement with CHWs differed by some PCP demographic and practice-related factors. While PCPs perceived CHWs as engaging in most nationally endorsed CHW roles, they identified several barriers to integrating CHWs into care teams. Findings can inform ongoing efforts to advance health equity through integrating CHWs into primary care practices.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Community Health Workers
  • Primary Health Care
  • Male
  • Female
  • Professional Role
  • Adult
  • Middle Aged
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
• Keywords:
  • community health workers
  • health care teams
  • health equity
  • primary care practitioners
• Source:
  The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 2025, v. 47, no. 3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1097/JAC.0000000000000501
• ISSN:
  0148-9917 ; 1550-3267
• Pubmed ID:
  38775653
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12044569
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  154-167 (18 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/262095/cdc_262095_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 525.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:09fa371e631885b93522750d150f84cca172953b5ef898da6670dc100202c6ea84a2db320025eab138310d7196f45ef9960470a9bcd57503590039ce73d69e9b