"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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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of Community Health Workers on Access to Care for Rural Populations in the United States: A Systematic Review. J Community Health. 2022 06; 47(3):539-553.
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Community-Based Participatory Research Interventions to Improve Diabetes Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Diabetes Educ. 2020 12; 46(6):527-539.
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Community-Based Interventions for Stroke Provided by Nurses and Community Health Workers: A Review of the Literature. J Neurosci Nurs. 2020 Aug; 52(4):152-159.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Injectable Contraception: Multisourced Process and New Global Guidance. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2019 09; 7(3):491-497.
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Systematic Review of Mammography Screening Educational Interventions for Hispanic Women in the United States. J Cancer Educ. 2019 06; 34(3):412-422.
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Salud es Vida: a Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for Rural Latina Immigrant Women. J Cancer Educ. 2017 Dec; 32(4):690-699.
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Effect of a smoking cessation intervention for women in subsidized neighborhoods: A randomized controlled trial. Prev Med. 2016 09; 90:170-6.
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Community health workers as an integral strategy in the REACH U.S. program to eliminate health inequities. Health Promot Pract. 2014 Nov; 15(6):795-802.
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Acceptance of a community-based navigator program for cancer control among urban African Americans. Health Educ Res. 2014 Feb; 29(1):97-108.
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Program planners' perspectives of promotora roles, recruitment, and selection. Ethn Health. 2013; 18(3):262-79.