ReviewJournal of community health2024
A Review of Community Health Worker Integration in Health Departments.
Review in Journal of community health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- How is academic medicine engaging with community health workers in the United States?: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Bridging work: Community health workers' role as a continuum of building, guiding, sustaining and transforming the path to health equity.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2026Article
- Return on investment of community health workers in the United States: a systematic review.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Community and health workers perspectives on barriers to diabetes and hypertension screening in North Eastern India: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- An Innovative Place-Based, Neighborhood-Level Approach to Address Health Disparities in Medically Underserved Areas of Memphis, TN.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Strengthening Community Health Worker and Promotora Workforce Capacity.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Associations Between Community Resilience, Healthcare Resources, and Cognitive Disability, Distress, and Depression in the U.S.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Policy transmission of "Healthy China 2030" on community health curriculum reform in higher vocational medical education.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Critical matriarchal futures: reimagining public health communication leadership as response to state-sanctioned violence.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Advancement of the implementation of evidence-based therapies for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic conditions: A multi-stakeholder perspective.American heart journal · 2025Review
- Understanding Available Data Sources to Estimate the Size and Distribution of Community Health Workers in the United States.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2025Article
- Understanding the unique role of community-based para-professionals delivering early childhood development in low-resource contexts: a Delphi study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Community Training Institute for Health Disparities: Outcomes of a Formal Opportunity for Community Capacity Building to Increase Health Equity in Southern Puerto Rico.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Implementing a Care Model for Bedridden Stroke Survivors: A Qualitative Study in Northeastern Thailand.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Community Health Worker-Delivered Interventions for Perinatal Mental Health in the United States: A Scoping Review.Health equityArticle
- Voices From the Field: Informing Maternal Child Health Navigator Training Through Rural Practice Insights.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who bridge the gap between historically marginalized communities, healthcare, and social services. Increasingly, states are developing the CHW workforce by implementing training and certification policies. Health departments (HDs) are primarily responsible for community health through policy implementation and provision of public health services. The two objectives of this study are to explore: (1) state progress in establishing CHW training and certification policies, and (2) integration of CHWs in HD workforces. In this scoping review, we searched PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar for articles published between 2012 and 2022. We looked for articles that discussed state-level certification and training for CHWs and those covering CHWs working with and for city, county, state, and federal HDs. We excluded studies set outside of the US or published in a language other than English. Twenty-nine studies were included for review, documenting CHWs working at all levels of HDs. Within the included studies, HDs often partner with organizations that employ CHWs. With HD-sponsored programs, CHWs increased preventative care, decreased healthcare costs, and decreased disease risk in their communities. Almost all states have begun developing CHW training and certification policies and are at various points in the implementation. HD-sponsored CHW programs improved the health of marginalized communities, whether CHWs were employed directly by HDs or by a partner organization. The success of HD-sponsored CHW programs and state efforts around CHW training and certification should encourage increased investment in CHW workforce development within public health.
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