Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in promoting health, connecting people to resources, and strengthening community networks. This framework highlights how CHWs can spread health messages, foster community discussions, and connect communities to health services. They also help bring community voices into health system decisions. For these interventions to be … [Read more...] about A Social Network Lens to Community Health Worker Influence and Impact
North America (U.S. and Canada)
The effect of a combined mHealth and community health worker intervention on HIV self-management
This study looked at factors affecting HIV self-management and evaluated the CHAMPS program, which combines mobile health tools and community health worker support. In New York City, CHAMPS improved daily HIV self-care, such as medication adherence. However, it had no significant impact in Birmingham. Challenges like missed appointments and difficulty accessing care were linked … [Read more...] about The effect of a combined mHealth and community health worker intervention on HIV self-management
Comorbidities And Reducing InEquitieS (CARES): Feasibility of self-monitoring and community health worker support in management of comorbidities among Black breast and prostate cancer patients
This study aimed to test if self-monitoring and support from community health workers (CHWs) could help Black individuals with breast or prostate cancer manage other health conditions like hypertension and diabetes. 61 patients participated, using a home device to track blood pressure (BP) and blood glucose (BG) levels over six months. Most participants were able to regularly … [Read more...] about Comorbidities And Reducing InEquitieS (CARES): Feasibility of self-monitoring and community health worker support in management of comorbidities among Black breast and prostate cancer patients
From the Ground Up: Building and Implementing a Successful CHW/Promotor(a) Program for Cancer Screening, Training, Education, and Prevention
The Texas C-STEP program helps reduce cancer disparities in rural and underserved areas by training community health workers (CHWs) to provide cancer education, screenings, and early detection services. The program has trained over 33 CHWs, formed 1,500 partnerships, educated 30,000 people, conducted 8,300 screenings, and diagnosed 69 cancers. While successes include increased … [Read more...] about From the Ground Up: Building and Implementing a Successful CHW/Promotor(a) Program for Cancer Screening, Training, Education, and Prevention
Development of Texas’s First Chinese American Community Health Worker Certification for Family Health History-Based Cancer Prevention
To reduce cancer disparities, this study created a Texas certification program to train Chinese American community health workers (CHWs) in using family health history (FHH) for cancer prevention. The 160-hour program trained 46 CHWs, who provided FHH-based cancer prevention services to 1,129 Chinese Americans. This initiative helps build a skilled public health workforce and … [Read more...] about Development of Texas’s First Chinese American Community Health Worker Certification for Family Health History-Based Cancer Prevention