Community Health Worker Training Curricula and Intervention Outcomes in African American and Latinx Communities: A Systematic Review

Authors: Leslie B. Adams, Jennifer Richmond, Sable N. Watson, Crystal W. Cené, Rachel Urrutia, Onome Ataga, Phenesse Dunlap, and Giselle Corbie-Smith

Community health workers are key stakeholders in implementing community-based interventions in racially diverse contexts. This systematic review illustrates key evidentiary gaps in the field to inform effective training for CHWs working with African American and Latinx communities. The study demonstrates the continued need for creating and disseminating evidence-based CHW curricula and recommends incorporating (1) developing and reporting on CHW training curricula, (2) incorporating factorial or other randomized designs to assess the effect of training on outcomes, and (3) formalizing successful training protocols to build more foundational knowledge on evidence-based CHW approaches.