 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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| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Martin MA, Press VG, Erwin K, Margellos-Anast H, Ignoffo S, McMahon KS, Mosnaim G, Ramsay J, Paik SM. Engaging end-users in intervention research study design. J Asthma. 2018 05; 55(5):483-491.
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Martin MA, Rothschild SK, Lynch E, Christoffel KK, Pagán MM, Rodriguez JL, Barnes A, Karavolos K, Diaz A, Hoffman LM, Plata D, Villalpando S. Addressing asthma and obesity in children with community health workers: proof-of-concept intervention development. BMC Pediatr. 2016 12 01; 16(1):198.
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Appelhans BM, Moss OA, Cerwinske LA. Systematic review of paediatric weight management interventions delivered in the home setting. Obes Rev. 2016 10; 17(10):977-88.
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Martin MA, Mosnaim GS, Olson D, Swider S, Karavolos K, Rothschild S. Results from a community-based trial testing a community health worker asthma intervention in Puerto Rican youth in Chicago. J Asthma. 2015 Feb; 52(1):59-70.
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Rothschild SK, Martin MA, Swider SM, Tumialán Lynas CM, Janssen I, Avery EF, Powell LH. Mexican American trial of community health workers: a randomized controlled trial of a community health worker intervention for Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Am J Public Health. 2014 Aug; 104(8):1540-8.
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Rothschild SK, Martin MA, Swider SM, Lynas CT, Avery EF, Janssen I, Powell LH. The Mexican-American Trial of Community Health workers (MATCH): design and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial testing a culturally tailored community diabetes self-management intervention. Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 Mar; 33(2):369-77.
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Martin MA, Swider SM, Olinger T, Avery E, Lynas CM, Carlson K, Rothschild SK. Recruitment of Mexican American adults for an intensive diabetes intervention trial. Ethn Dis. 2011; 21(1):7-12.
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Martin MA, Mosnaim GS, Rojas D, Hernandez O, Sadowski LS. Evaluation of an asthma medication training program for immigrant Mexican community health workers. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2011; 5(1):95-103.
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Swider SM, Martin M, Lynas C, Rothschild S. Project MATCH: training for a promotora intervention. Diabetes Educ. 2010 Jan-Feb; 36(1):98-108.
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McElmurry BJ, McCreary LL, Park CG, Ramos L, Martinez E, Parikh R, Kozik K, Fogelfeld L. Implementation, outcomes, and lessons learned from a collaborative primary health care program to improve diabetes care among urban Latino populations. Health Promot Pract. 2009 Apr; 10(2):293-302.
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