 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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| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Horton H, Marshall SA, Gu M, Tody B, Jackson T, Zaller N. Randomized controlled trial of a pilot PrEP linkage intervention for individuals leaving incarceration in a southern state: Design and baseline characteristics. PLoS One. 2024; 19(12):e0312667.
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Marshall SA, Barham C, Neher T, Zielinski MJ, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Gorvine MM, Zaller N. Acceptability of a Community Health Worker Program to Link High-Risk People in Jail to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2022; 33(1):149-166.
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Yeary KHK, Ounpraseuth S, Wan F, Graetz I, Fagan P, Huff-Davis A, Kaplan C, Johnson K, Hutchins E. Assessing the Feasibility of an Online Training Designed to Enable Community Health Workers to Deliver a Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention for Rural African Americans of Faith. J Cancer Educ. 2021 12; 36(6):1277-1284.
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Fletcher J, Stewart MK, Fountain S, Davis AH, Cottoms N, Adams B, Adesoba T, Felix H, Chung T. Knowledge and Attitudes of Potential Community Health Worker Employers: Findings from the State of Arkansas, USA. J Community Health. 2022 04; 47(2):298-305.
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Shah SK, Nakagawa M, Lieblong BJ. Examining aspects of successful community-based programs promoting cancer screening uptake to reduce cancer health disparity: A systematic review. Prev Med. 2020 12; 141:106242.
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Suen JJ, Bhatnagar K, Emmett SD, Marrone N, Kleindienst Robler S, Swanepoel W, Wong A, Nieman CL. Hearing care across the life course provided in the community. Bull World Health Organ. 2019 Oct 01; 97(10):681-690.
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Felix HC, Ali M, Bird TM, Cottoms N, Stewart MK. Are community health workers more effective in identifying persons in need of home and community-based long-term services than standard-passive approaches. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2019 Jul-Sep; 38(3):194-208.
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McElfish PA, Purvis RS, Esquivel MK, Sinclair KA, Townsend C, Hawley NL, Haggard-Duff LK, Kaholokula JK. Diabetes Disparities and Promising Interventions to Address Diabetes in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Populations. Curr Diab Rep. 2019 03 18; 19(5):19.
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Sud S, Pursell I, Joodi G, Simpson RJ. Engaging Community Health Workers in the Effort to Prevent Sudden Unexpected Death and Death From Chronic Illness. Med Care. 2017 12; 55(12):1061.
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Keith Branham D, Borders TF, Stewart KE, Curran GM, Booth BM. Acceptability of HIV Testing Sites Among Rural and Urban African Americans Who Use Cocaine. AIDS Behav. 2017 Feb; 21(2):576-586.
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Hoeft TJ, Fortney JC, Patel V, Un?tzer J. Task-Sharing Approaches to Improve Mental Health Care in Rural and Other Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review. J Rural Health. 2018 12; 34(1):48-62.
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Purvis RS, Bing WI, Jacob CJ, Lang S, Mamis S, Ritok M, Rubon-Chutaro J, McElfish PA. Community Health Warriors: Marshallese Community Health Workers' Perceptions and Experiences with CBPR and Community Engagement. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2017; 11(3):315-320.
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Townsend CK, Miyamoto RE, Antonio M, Zhang G, Paloma D, Basques D, Braun KL, Kaholokula JK. The PILI@Work Program: a translation of the diabetes prevention program to Native Hawaiian-serving worksites in Hawai'i. Transl Behav Med. 2016 06; 6(2):190-201.
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