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Partners in Health

A Conceptual Framework for the Role of Community Health Workers in Facilitating Patients' Adoption of Healthy Behaviors

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ID11025939
AuthorsCarina Katigbak (0000-0002-2060-7526, At the time of the study, Carina Katigbak and Nancy Van Devanter were with the College of Nursing, and Nadia Islam and Chau Trinh-Shevrin were with the Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY.), Nancy Van Devanter (At the time of the study, Carina Katigbak and Nancy Van Devanter were with the College of Nursing, and Nadia Islam and Chau Trinh-Shevrin were with the Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY.), Nadia Islam (0000-0003-1470-2073, At the time of the study, Carina Katigbak and Nancy Van Devanter were with the College of Nursing, and Nadia Islam and Chau Trinh-Shevrin were with the Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY.), Chau Trinh-Shevrin (At the time of the study, Carina Katigbak and Nancy Van Devanter were with the College of Nursing, and Nadia Islam and Chau Trinh-Shevrin were with the Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY.), Chau Trinh‐Shevrin (0000-0001-9635-0512, New York Academy of Sciences)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue5
Pages872-880
Publication date2015-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302411
PMID25790405
PMCIDPMC4386525
OpenAlexW2117011088
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited62

We formulated a conceptual framework that begins to answer the national call to improve health care access, delivery, and quality by explaining the processes through which community health workers (CHWs) facilitate patients’ adoption of healthy behaviors. In September 2011 to January 2012, we conducted a qualitative study that triangulated multiple data sources: 26 in-depth interviews, training documents, and patient charts. CHWs served as partners in health to immigrant Filipinos with hypertension, leveraging their cultural congruence with intervention participants, employing interpersonal communication techniques to build trust and rapport, providing social support, and assisting with health behavior change. To drive the field forward, this work can be expanded with framework testing that may influence future CHW training and interventions

Community health · Community health workers · Conceptual framework · Conceptual model · Environmental health · Health services · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Intervention (counseling) · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Qualitative research · Sociology · The Conceptual Framework · Applied Psychology · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works16
Citations per year1,6
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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