 Community Health Workers
"Community Health Workers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.
| Descriptor ID |
D003150
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.067.080 N02.360.067.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Community Health Workers- Community Health Workers
- Community Health Worker
- Health Worker, Community
- Health Workers, Community
- Worker, Community Health
- Workers, Community Health
- Community Health Aides
- Aide, Community Health
- Aides, Community Health
- Community Health Aide
- Health Aide, Community
- Health Aides, Community
Village Health Workers- Village Health Workers
- Health Worker, Village
- Health Workers, Village
- Worker, Village Health
- Workers, Village Health
- Village Health Worker
Barefoot Doctors- Barefoot Doctors
- Barefoot Doctor
- Doctor, Barefoot
- Doctors, Barefoot
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2022 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2023 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Mothemela B, Frisby C, Mahomed Asmail F, de Kock T, Moore DR, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W. Community-based hearing aid fitting model for adults in low-income communities facilitated by community health workers: a feasibility study. Glob Health Action. 2025 Dec; 18(1):2545630.
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Luke MJ, Muleta H, Kim V, Beatty B, Brittan M, Bowers M, Kenyon CC, Scribano PV, Fiori K, Vasan A. Social Worker and Community Health Worker Collaboration in Addressing Social Needs. Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 01; 156(3).
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Low Wang CC, Estacio R, Coronel-Mockler S, Flattery N, Hanson PD, Adams RN, McKenzie AL, Harrison D, Bonaca MP. Virta Intervention in CommuniTies in ColORado (VICTOR) Pilot Study to Improve Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk in Rural Communities - Primary Results. Endocr Pract. 2025 Jun; 31(6):790-797.
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Aranda Z, Vázquez S, Gopaluni A, Martínez L, Ramírez M, Jiménez A, Bernal D, Rodríguez AL, Chacón S, Vargas B, Fulcher IR, Barnhart DA. Evaluation of the implementation of a community health worker-led COVID-19 contact tracing intervention in Chiapas, Mexico, from March 2020 to December 2021. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jan 18; 24(1):97.
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Sunada GR, Digre KB, Stark LA, Davis F, Mukundente V, Napia E, Sanchez-Birkhead A, Tavake-Pasi OF, Brown H, Alder SC, Gieseker K, Hu N, Wu Y, Simonsen SE. Obesity-Preventive Behaviors and Improvements in Depression among Diverse Utah Women Receiving Coaching from Community Health Workers. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2024; 35(1):186-208.
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Rowe JT, Parrillo E, Stanford O, Wenzel J, Johnston FM. Individual and Systemic Barriers Blocking Community Health Workers from Helping the Seriously Ill. J Palliat Med. 2024 03; 27(3):358-366.
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Novick TK, Cervantes L, Golestaneh L, Osuna M, Cruz E, Baqueiro L, Argentina M, Sandoval A, Brown A, Reyna F, Rosas SE, Camacho C, Shen J. Proceedings of a Workshop to Promote Community Health Worker Interventions in Nephrology. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 11 01; 34(11):1812-1818.
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Feinberg E, Eilenberg JS. Role of Community Health Workers in Promoting Health Equity in Pediatrics. Acad Pediatr. 2024 03; 24(2):199-200.
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Siddiqi A, Monton O, Woods A, Masroor T, Fuller S, Owczarzak J, Yenokyan G, Cooper LA, Freund KM, Smith TJ, Kutner JS, Colborn KL, Joyner R, Elk R, Johnston FM. Dissemination and Implementation of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Disparities in Palliative Care (DeCIDE PC): a study protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial. BMC Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 18; 22(1):139.
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Niyigena A, Nyirahabimana N, Cubaka V, Mukandayisenga V, Ngizwenayo E, Niyigena PC, Barnhart D. Knowledge and practices surrounding outbreaks and COVID-19 among community health workers in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study. Pan Afr Med J. 2023; 45:35.
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