The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program in Low-income Families
Description of MIHOW’s history and work in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana
Steps to Growing Up Healthy: a pediatric primary care based obesity prevention program for young children
Description of the Steps to Growing up Healthy obesity intervention
Community health workers and mobile technology: a systematic review of the literature
A systematic review of peer-reviewed literature from health, medical, social science, and engineering databases, using PRISMA guidelines.
The Impact of Integrating Community Advocacy Into Community Health Worker Roles on Health-Focused Organizations and Community Health Workers in Southern Arizona
Exploration of how participation in the Acción intervention affected organizational capacity to support their CHWs
Resident health advocates in public housing family developments.
Description of resident health advocates program
Patient Navigation in Cancer Care review of Payment Models for a Sustainable Future
Provides an initial framework for addressing funding issues for patient navigation and cancer care by providing an overview of existing payment models that have been used to support patient navigation or similar services in the US and recommendations on next steps for leveraging and expanding these payment models
Report to the Legislature on Community Health Worker Certification: A Report of the State Innovation Model Community Health Worker Advisory Committee
Assesses the fiscal impact and reports recommendations of the SIM CHW Advisory Committee
Integrating community health representatives with health care systems: clinical outcomes among individuals with diabetes in Navajo Nation
Results on a study integrating community health representatives into healthcare teams by providing a structured approach to referrals and home visits for diabetes care
Partners in health: a conceptual framework for the role of community health workers in facilitating patients’ adoption of healthy behaviors.
Explanation of the processes through which CHWs facilitate patients’ adoption of healthy behaviors
Cultural competence and perceptions of community health workers’ effectiveness for reducing health care disparities.
Quantitative study of the association of self-reported cultural competence and preparedness of primary care clinical staff with attitudes toward the effectiveness of CHWs
