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The Datafication of Community Health Work: Discipline, Visibility and the State

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There has been a concerted drive to expand the scope of ‘data for development’, with a focus on novel technologies. This article highlights a relatively overlooked category of worker in the large‐scale production of such data: volunteers. The authors examine community health as the last frontier of the ‘datafication’ of health, but which forms
Kathy Dodworth, Jean‐Benoît Falisse
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Social support and diabetes self‐care among African American adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Type 2 diabetes (T2D) disproportionately affects African American adults in the United States, who experience higher complication rates and poorer outcomes. Social support is a key determinant of diabetes self‐care, yet evidence in this population remains fragmented.
Richard Marfo, Dennis Miezah, Musah Abubakari, Ellen Assuah, Sandra Duoduwaa Lartey, Dorothy Wilson, Ernest Asamoah, Evans F. Kyei, Rockson Ansong, Michelle Boakye   +9 more
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Cost‐Effectiveness of a Culturally Adapted Diabetes Self‐Management Education Program for Marshallese Adults With Type 2 Diabetes‐a State‐Transition Markov Analysis

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To assess the health and economic consequences of a culturally adapted family‐model diabetes self‐management education (adapted DSME) program for Marshallese adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with standard DSME and usual care. Methods A state‐transition Markov model was constructed to predict costs and quality‐adjusted life years (
Daniel Lamprecht‐Carson, Hongmei Wang, Su‐Hsin Chang, Pearl A. McElfish, Jennifer A. Andersen, Tzeyu L. Michaud   +5 more
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Can community health workers play a greater role in increasing access to medical abortion services? A qualitative study

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Despite being legally available in India since 1971, barriers to safe and legal abortion remain, and unsafe and/or illegal abortion continues to be a problem.
Pallavi Gupta, Sharad D. Iyengar, Bela Ganatra, Heidi Bart Johnston, Kirti Iyengar   +4 more
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Implementation Facilitators and Barriers for Home Visitors Discussing Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a novel intervention, the adverse childhood experiences awareness conversation, from the perspectives of home visiting public health nurses and community health workers. Design A qualitative interpretive study underpinned by Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutics.
Julianne Ballard, Carol S. Dawson‐Rose, Catherine M. Waters, Ifeyinwa V. Asiodu, Heather Leutwyler   +4 more
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A latent class analysis of depressive symptoms in youth from the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX‐YDSRN): Clinical and socio‐ecological correlates

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Adolescent depression is heterogeneous, yet many studies rely on aggregate symptom scores that may obscure meaningful differences in symptom presentation. Latent class analysis (LCA) offers a person‐centered approach for identifying symptom subgroups, but few studies have examined depressive symptom classes longitudinally with attention to ...
Rachel Lee, Erika S. Trent, Kevin M. Wagner, Ace A. Castillo, Abu Minhajuddin, Joseph Blader, Cesar A. Soutullo, Denise Baughn, Hadeel Hamdan, Kirti Saxena, Rachel A. Walker, Lynnel C. Goodman, Sarah M. Wakefield, Wayne K. Goodman, Madhukar H. Trivedi, Eric A. Storch   +15 more
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Community health workers' perspectives on integrating into school settings to support student health

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionWhile schools represent key venues for supporting health, they continue to experience gaps in health resources. The integration of community health workers (CHWs) into schools has the potential to supplement these resources but has been ...
Nicole Yao, Monica Kowalczyk, LaToya Gregory, Jeannine Cheatham, Tarrah DeClemente, Kenneth Fox, Stacy Ignoffo, Anna Volerman, Anna Volerman   +8 more
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Co-designing the 'Empower Community Health' programme: A capacity-building initiative to support community health workers' non-communicable disease health promotion in Ethiopia. [PDF]

Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia. However, community health workers’ (CHWs’) capacity in NCD health promotion is sometimes limited.
Yenit MK, Gyawali P, Kolbe-Alexander TL.
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Nurse‐Led Interventions on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management for Minority Ethnic Groups in World Health Organisation European Region: A Scoping Review

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To map the available evidence on nurse‐led interventions on type 2 diabetes management for minority ethnic groups in the World Health Organisation (WHO) European region. Background Although research on nurse‐led interventions for type 2 diabetes mellitus is well‐established, the extent of nurse‐led interventions for minority ethnic groups ...
Esmie Mkwinda, Geldine Chironda, Andrea Cameron, Alison Elliott, Tabeth Timba‐Emmanuel   +4 more
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Distance From Treatment Is Associated With Poorer Admission Status and Worse Outcomes Among Acutely Malnourished Children

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Distance from health facilities is an important predictor of treatment seeking and health outcomes. We aimed to describe the relationship between distance from care with admission characteristics and treatment outcomes among children admitted to malnutrition treatment.
Suvi T. Kangas, Abel Khisa, Zachary Tausanovitch, Bareye Ouologuem, Issa Niamanto Coulibaly, Koniba Diassana, Alhousseyni Haidara, Grace Heymsfield, Christian Ritz, André Briend, Jeanette Bailey   +10 more
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