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No equity, no triple aim: strategic proposals to advance health equity in a volatile policy environment [PDF]

, 2017
Health professionals, including social workers, community health workers, public health workers, and licensed health care providers, share common interests and responsibilities in promoting health equity and improving social determinants of health—the ...
Acuff, C., Antonelli, R., Fox, D., Hirsch, G., Lee, C.R., Lupi, M.V., Morton, S., Ortiz, A., Sager, A., Selig, S., Wachman, M., Wilkinson, Geoffrey   +11 more
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Community health worker team integration in Medicaid managed care: Insights from a national study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionCommunity health workers (CHWs) have historically worked in community-based settings. Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are integrating CHWs into their teams, largely to support social determinants of health.
Ashley Wennerstrom, Ashley Wennerstrom, Catherine G. Haywood, Denise O. Smith, Dakshu Jindal, Carl Rush, Geoffrey W. Wilkinson   +6 more
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Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

, 2020
Importance The rapidly expanding novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has challenged the medical community to an unprecedented degree.
Chinn, Steven B., Clayburgh, Daniel, Davies, Louise, Givi, Babak, Iyer, N. Gopalakrishna, Jalisi, Scharukh, Moore, Michael G., Morris, Luc G. T., Nathan, Cherie-Ann, O'Neill, James P., Orloff, Lisa A., Parker, Noah, Schiff, Bradley A., Zender, Chad   +13 more
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Perception of Community Health Workers in Indonesia Toward Patients with Mental Disorders [PDF]

, 2016
In Indonesia, there are any community health volunteers called Kader. Although Kaders are members of mental health volunteer, they sometimes show negative attitude to psychotic persons, even they have already got some training about mental health.
Kageyama, T. (Takayuki), Wardaningsih, S. (Shanti)   +1 more
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Measuring motivation among close-to-community health workers: developing the CTC Provider Motivational Indicator Scale across six countries

Human Resources for Health, 2020
Background Close-to-community (CTC) health service providers are a cost-effective and important resource in the promotion of and increasing access to health services.
Frédérique Vallières, Maryse Kok, Ilias Mahmud, Malabika Sarker, Philippa Jeacocke, Robinson Karuga, Licia Limato, Aschenaki Z. Kea, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Mohsin Sidat, Brynne Gilmore, Miriam Taegtmeyer   +11 more
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS: FOUR LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNITY-BASED WORKERS

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2007
Although the Department of Health has been using community health workers since 1994 (Friedman, 2002), it was not until 2003 that the South African government introduced the Community Development Workers Initiative (Department of Provincial and Local ...
Deidré van Rooyen
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The Terminology of Community Health Workers

American Journal of Public Health, 2016
Letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Effects of community-based health worker interventions to improve chronic disease management and care among vulnerable populations: a systematic review," by K. Kim, J.S. Choi and E. Choi, which appeared in volume 106, number 4 during 2016.
Ashley, Wennerstrom, Carl H, Rush
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The Development of a Novel, Standards-Based Core Curriculum for Community Facing, Clinic-Based Community Health Workers

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Historically, CHW trainings have been developed to support community-based CHWs. When CHWs have been trained to engage with patients, typically such trainings have been for short term grant funded projects, focusing on a specific health ...
Sheba George, Sheba George, Lucero Silva, Myra Llamas, Irma Ramos, Justin Joe, Juan Mendez, Rosalva Salazar, Jim Tehan, Tatiana Vasquez, Schetema Nealy, Hector Balcazar   +11 more
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The implementation of a community-centered first aid education program for older adults—community health workers perceived barriers

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Older adults are a high-risk group for accidental injuries, and strengthening training in first aid for older adults can improve their first aid capabilities and minimize their post-accident mortality. Community health workers are the greatest
Guo Yin, Linghui Chen, Yuanrong Wu, Fei Zhao, Qian Zhu, Siting Lin   +5 more
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Developing Primary Liaison Psychiatric Services for HIV/AIDS Patients in Community [PDF]

, 2017
In Indonesia, the number of HIV/AIDS patients has grown at significant level. HIV can be a source of major stress which can lead to changes in mental health, such as persistent sadness, feeling empty and anxiety. The ability of liaison officer could help
Ahsan, A. (Ahsan), Lestari, R. (Retno)
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