Identifying the Core Elements of Effective Community Health Worker Programs: A Research Agenda

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Arvey, Sarah R. ; Fernandez, Maria E.
• Description:
  Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being incorporated into health programs because they are assumed to effectively deliver health messages in a culturally relevant manner to disenfranchised communities. Nevertheless, the role of CHWs-who they are, what they do, and how they do it-is tremendously varied. This variability presents a number of challenges for conducting research to determine the effectiveness of CHW programs, and translating research into practice. We discuss some of these challenges and provide examples from our experience working with CHWs. We call for future research to identify the "core elements" of effective CHW programs that improve the health and well-being of disenfranchised communities.
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Community Health Workers Culture Delivery Of Health Care Delivery Of Health Care, Integrated Health Services Research Humans Program Evaluation
• Source:
  Am J Public Health. 102(9):1633-1637
• Pubmed ID:
  22813092
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3415604
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  L60 MD005259/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000057/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R25-CA-57712/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R25 CA057712/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; L60 MD005259-01/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 18-U48 DP000057-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R25 CA057712-18/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  102
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d369969449978045f132b814b53c545882fdebf0e2ff6e957c78eb0dce38601c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33412/cdc_33412_DS1.pdf
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