 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.
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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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Berge JM, Trofholz AC, Aqeel M, Norderud K, Tate A, Fertig AR, Loth K, Mendenhall T, Neumark-Sztainer D. A three-arm randomized controlled trial using ecological momentary intervention, community health workers, and video feedback at family meals to improve child cardiovascular health: the Family Matters study design. BMC Public Health. 2023 04 19; 23(1):708.
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Fullman N, Cowling K, Flor LS, Wilson S, Bhatt P, Bryant MF, Camarda JN, Colombara DV, Daly J, Gabert RK, Harris KP, Johanns CK, Mandile C, Marshall S, McNellan CR, Mulakaluri V, Phillips BK, Reitsma MB, Sadighi N, Tamene T, Thomson B, Wollum A, Gakidou E. Assessing the impact of community-based interventions on hypertension and diabetes management in three Minnesota communities: Findings from the prospective evaluation of US HealthRise programs. PLoS One. 2023; 18(2):e0279230.
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Steinman LE, Gasca A, Hoeft TJ, Raue PJ, Henderson S, Perez R, Huerta A, Fajardo A, Vredevoogd MA, James K, Hinton L, Rath L, Unutzer J. "We are the sun for our community:" Partnering with community health workers/promotores to adapt, deliver and evaluate a home-based collaborative care model to improve equity in access to quality depression care for older U.S. Latino adults who are underserved. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1079319.
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Frisby C, Eikelboom RH, Mahomed-Asmail F, Kuper H, de Kock T, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W. Community-based adult hearing care provided by community healthcare workers using mHealth technologies. Glob Health Action. 2022 12 31; 15(1):2095784.
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Suen JJ, Parrillo E, Hassoon A, Peairs K, Stanford O, Wenzel J, Zabora JR, Dobs AS. Improving cancer care for underserved populations in an academic and community practice setting: protocol for a community health worker pilot navigation programme. BMJ Open. 2022 12 01; 12(12):e067270.
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