Research on Community Health Workers
research Featured in health affairs
- Felix, H.C., Mays, G.P., Stewart, M.K., Cottoms, N., and Olson, M. (2011). Medicaid Savings Resulted when Community Health Workers Matched Those with Needs to Home and Community Care. Health Affairs, 30(7) pp. 1366-1374. Accessed online at http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/7/1366.full
- Singh, Prabjhot. (2012). Bringing the Concept of Peer Coaches and Local Health Workers from Africa to Harlem. Health Affairs, 31(12) pp. 2801-2802. Accessed online at http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/12/2801.full
- Rosenthal, L.E., et al. (2010). Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution. Health Affairs, 29(7) pp. 1338-1342. Accessed online at http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/29/7/1338.full.html
Research featured in the annals of family medicine
- Thom, D.H., Ghorob, A., Hessler, D., De Vore, D., Chen, E., and Bodenheimer, T.A. (2013). Impact of Peer Health Coaching on Glycemic Control in Low-Income Patients With Diabetes: A Randomized Control Trial. Annals of Family Medicine, 11(2) pp. 137-144. Accessed online at http://www.annfammed.org/content/11/2/137.full
- Daaleman, T.P., and Fisher, E.B. (2015). Enriching Patient-Centered Medical Homes Through Peer Support. Annals of Family Medicine, 13(S1) pp. S73-S78. Accessed online at http://www.annfammed.org/content/13/Suppl_1/S73.full
- Kaufman, A., et al. (2006). The Health Commons and Care of New Mexico's Uninsured. Annals of Family Medicine, 4(S1) pp. S22-S27. Accessed online at http://www.annfammed.org/content/4/suppl_1/S22.full
- Fisher, E.B., et al. (2015). Contributions of Peer Support to Health, Health Care, and Prevention: Papers from Peers for Progress. Annals of Family Medicine, 13(S1) pp. S2-S8. Accessed online at http://www.annfammed.org/content/13/Suppl_1/S2.full
research featured in Other journals
- O'Brien, M.J., Halbert, C.H., Bixby, R., Pimentel, S., Shea, J.A., (2010). Community Health Worker Intervention to Decrease Cervical Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Women. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(11) pp. 1186-1192. Accessed online at http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.iii-server.ualr.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=ff49c236-ce1d-4f32-985d-63e461c5fb87%40sessionmgr4003&vid=1&hid=4112
- Krieger, J.W., Takaro, T.K., Song, L., Weaver, M. (2005). The Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Community Health Worker Intervention to Decrease Exposure to Indoor Asthma Triggers. American Journal of Public Health, 95(4) pp. 652-659. Access online at http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.iii-server.ualr.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=6844e2b7-fc73-4a91-bbec-19380700f720%40sessionmgr4003&vid=2&hid=4112
- Martin, M.A., Hernández, O., Naureckas, E., Lantos, J. (2006). Reducing Home Triggers for Asthma: The Latino Community Health Worker Approach. Journal of Asthma, 43(5) pp. 369-374. Accessed online at http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.iii-server.ualr.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=1b987d8b-9cdc-4227-ae44-ae196f2b66af%40sessionmgr4001&vid=2&hid=4112
- Mirambeau, A., Wang, G., Ruggles, L., Dunet, D. (2013). A Cost Analysis of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Vermont. Journal of Community Health, 38(6) pp. 1050-1057. Accessed online at http://0-web.a.ebscohost.com.iii-server.ualr.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=9aad67cd-2665-4bcb-8e85-8212f0e87010%40sessionmgr4002&vid=2&hid=4112
- Burns, M.E., Galbraith, A.A., Ross-Degnan, D., and Balaban, R.B. (2014). Feasibility and Evaluation of a Pilot Community Health Worker Intervention to Reduce Hospital Readmissions. International Journal for Quality Health Care, 26(4) pp. 358-365. Accessed online at http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/4/358.full
- Viswanathan, M., et al. (2010). Outcomes and Costs of Community Health Worker Interventions: A Systematic Review. Medical Care, 48(9) pp. 792-808. Accessed online at http://0-www.jstor.org.iii-server.ualr.edu/stable/25750559