"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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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 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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Public Health Training Centers' Support for Community Health Workers: Case Studies of Needs Assessment, Training, and Student Field Placement Initiatives. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Sep-Oct 01; 28(5 Suppl 5):S212-S222.
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Framing the Integration of Community Health Workers Into Health Care Systems Along Health Care and Community Spectrums. J Ambul Care Manage. 2021 Oct-Dec 01; 44(4):271-280.
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Realities and experiences of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change: evidence from an informal urban settlement in Kisumu, Kenya. Hum Resour Health. 2018 10 04; 16(1):53.
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Community-Clinical Linkages With Community Health Workers in the United States: A Scoping Review. Health Promot Pract. 2018 05; 19(3):349-360.
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Documenting Community Health Worker Roles in Primary Care: Contributions to Evidence-Based Integration Into Health Care Teams, 2015. J Ambul Care Manage. 2017 Oct/Dec; 40(4):305-315.
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The Impact of Integrating Community Advocacy Into Community Health Worker Roles on Health-Focused Organizations and Community Health Workers in Southern Arizona. J Ambul Care Manage. 2015 Jul-Sep; 38(3):244-53.
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Taking a community-based participatory research approach in the development of methods to measure a community health worker community advocacy intervention. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2015; 9(1):49-56.
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A community health worker intervention to address the social determinants of health through policy change. J Prim Prev. 2014 Apr; 35(2):119-23.
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Evaluation of quality improvement performance in the Community Diabetes Education (CoDE) program for uninsured Mexican Americans: results of a randomized controlled trial. Am J Med Qual. 2014 Mar-Apr; 29(2):124-34.
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Predictors and a framework for fostering community advocacy as a community health worker core function to eliminate health disparities. Am J Public Health. 2013 Jul; 103(7):e67-73.