The role of community health workers in diabetes: update on current literature
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Community health worker (CHW) interventions have been found to be a promising strategy for improving diabetes outcomes, especially among low-income and racial and ethnic minority populations. This review serves as an update of the literature published since 2011 on CHWs' role in diabetes care. In our review of the most current literature, we noted several key areas of advancement. These areas include community-based participatory research approaches to intervention development and evaluation, analyses of the cost effectiveness of CHW interventions, evaluation of sustainability through integrated team-based approaches, thorough descriptions of characteristics and training of CHWs, and delineation of the scope of practice and most effective roles for CHWs.
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There is growing evidence for the role of community health workers, peer leaders, and lay leaders in providing ongoing support.
“Additionally, there is growing evidence for the role of community health workers (71,72), as well as peer (71)(72)(73)(74)(75)(76) and lay leaders (77), in providing ongoing support.”
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- Authors
- Shah, M., Kaselitz, E., & Heisler, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shah, Megha
- Heisler, Michele
- Venue
- Current Diabetes Reports
- Published
- 2013-01-24
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 163-171
- ISSN
- 1534-4827 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-0829
- PMC
- PMC3929361
- OpenAlex
- W1982576093
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current Diabetes Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK092926, P30DK020572)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Community Health and Development
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Nursing Roles and Practices
- Keywords
- community health workers, diabetes management, low-income populations, racial and ethnic minorities, community-based participatory research, cost-effectiveness, intervention sustainability, team-based care, CHW training, scope of practice
- MeSH terms
- Community Health Workers, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Self Care
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