"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Implementation Lessons From a Randomized Trial Integrating Community Asthma Education for Children. J Ambul Care Manage. 2020 Apr-Jun; 43(2):125-135.
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Partnering with Churches to Conduct a Wide-Scale Health Screening of an Urban, Segregated Community. J Community Health. 2020 02; 45(1):98-110.
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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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Systematic review of paediatric weight management interventions delivered in the home setting. Obes Rev. 2016 10; 17(10):977-88.
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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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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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Project MATCH: training for a promotora intervention. Diabetes Educ. 2010 Jan-Feb; 36(1):98-108.