Community Health Workers Can Be a Public Health Force for Change in the United States

Three Actions for a New Paradigm

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ID11024155
AutoresHector Balcazar (Hector Balcazar is with the Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso. Lee E. Rosenthal is with the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso. Nell J. Brownstein is with the Division of the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Carl H Rush is with the Community Resources LLC, San Antonio, Texas....), E Lee Rosenthal (Hector Balcazar is with the Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso. Lee E. Rosenthal is with the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso. Nell J. Brownstein is with the Division of the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Carl H Rush is with the Community Resources LLC, San Antonio, Texas....), J Nell Brownstein (Hector Balcazar is with the Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso. Lee E. Rosenthal is with the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso. Nell J. Brownstein is with the Division of the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Carl H Rush is with the Community Resources LLC, San Antonio, Texas....), Carl H Rush (Hector Balcazar is with the Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso. Lee E. Rosenthal is with the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso. Nell J. Brownstein is with the Division of the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Carl H Rush is with the Community Resources LLC, San Antonio, Texas....), Sergio Matos (0000-0003-3023-3190, Hector Balcazar is with the Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso. Lee E. Rosenthal is with the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso. Nell J. Brownstein is with the Division of the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Carl H Rush is with the Community Resources LLC, San Antonio, Texas....), Lorenza Hernandez (Hector Balcazar is with the Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso. Lee E. Rosenthal is with the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso. Nell J. Brownstein is with the Division of the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Carl H Rush is with the Community Resources LLC, San Antonio, Texas....)
Año2011
Volumen101
Número12
Páginas2199-2203
Fecha de publicación2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300386
PMID22021280
PMCIDPMC3222447
OpenAlexW1965423168
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas59
Referencias citadas14

Community health workers (CHWs) have gained increased visibility in the United States. We discuss how to strengthen the roles of CHWs to enable them to become collaborative leaders in dramatically changing health care from “sickness care” systems to systems that provide comprehensive care for individuals and families and supports community and tribal wellness. We recommend drawing on the full spectrum of CHWs’ roles so that they can make optimal contributions to health systems and the building of community capacity for health and wellness. We also urge that CHWs be integrated into ”community health teams” as part of “medical homes” and that evaluation frameworks be improved to better measure community wellness and systems change

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