"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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2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Preparing Community Health Workers to Empower Latino(a)s With Diabetes: A Real-World Implementation Study. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2024 Feb; 50(1):56-64.
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The effectiveness of rural community health workers in improving health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Glob Health Action. 2024 Dec 31; 17(1):2292385.
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Implementation and Evaluation of a mHealth-Based Community Health Worker Feedback Loop for Hispanics with and at Risk for Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb; 39(2):229-238.
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Mind the gap: Identifying training needs of community health workers to address mental health in U.S. Latino communities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:928575.
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Community-facility linkage models and maternal and infant health outcomes in Malawi's PMTCT/ART program: A cohort study. PLoS Med. 2021 09; 18(9):e1003780.
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Clinical Trial Protocol for a Randomized Trial of Community Health Worker-led Decision Coaching to Promote Shared Decision-making on Prostate Cancer Screening Among Black Male Patients and Their Providers. Eur Urol Focus. 2021 09; 7(5):909-912.
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Randomized trial of community health worker-led decision coaching to promote shared decision-making for prostate cancer screening among Black male patients and their providers. Trials. 2021 Feb 10; 22(1):128.
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Methodology for task-shifting evidence-based psychological treatments to non-licenced/lay health workers: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2021 02 01; 11(2):e044012.
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Family Health History-Based Cancer Prevention Training for Community Health Workers. Am J Prev Med. 2021 03; 60(3):e159-e167.
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Predictive value of pulse oximetry for mortality in infants and children presenting to primary care with clinical pneumonia in rural Malawi: A data linkage study. PLoS Med. 2020 10; 17(10):e1003300.