AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 85, Issue 8_Pt_1 1055-1058, Copyright © 1995 by American Public Health Association

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Witmer, A
Right arrow Articles by O'Neil, E H
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Witmer, A
Right arrow Articles by O'Neil, E H
Community health workers: integral members of the health care work force.

A Witmer, S D Seifer, L Finocchio, J Leslie and E H O'Neil

Pew Health Professions Commission, Center for the Health Professions, University of California at San Francisco 94109, USA.

As the US health care system strives to function efficiently, encourage preventive and primary care, improve quality, and overcome nonfinancial barriers to care, the potential exists for community health workers to further these goals. Community health workers can increase access to care and facilitate appropriate use of health resources by providing outreach and cultural linkages between communities and delivery systems; reduce costs by providing health education, screening, detection, and basic emergency care; and improve quality by contributing to patient-provider communication, continuity of care, and consumer protection. Information sharing, program support, program evaluation, and continuing education are needed to expand the use of community health workers and better integrate them into the health care delivery system.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Health Educ ResHome page
K. P. Williams, P. B. Mullan, and D. Todem
Moving from theory to practice: implementing the Kin KeeperSM Cancer Prevention Model
Health Educ. Res., May 29, 2008; (2008) cyn026v1.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Health Policy PlanHome page
H. Schneider, H. Hlophe, and D. van Rensburg
Community health workers and the response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa: tensions and prospects
Health Policy Plan., May 1, 2008; 23(3): 179 - 187.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Public HealthHome page
L. M. Perez and J. Martinez
Community Health Workers: Social Justice and Policy Advocates for Community Health and Well-Being
Am J Public Health, January 1, 2008; 98(1): 11 - 14.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Diabetes Spectr.Home page
C. A. Brownson, M. L. O'Toole, G. Shetty, V. V. Anwuri, and E. B. Fisher
Clinic-Community Partnerships: A Foundation for Providing Community Supports for Diabetes Care and Self-Management
Diabetes Spectr, October 1, 2007; 20(4): 209 - 214.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Health Educ ResHome page
H.-R. Han, K. B. Kim, and M. T. Kim
Evaluation of the training of Korean community health workers for chronic disease management
Health Educ. Res., August 1, 2007; 22(4): 513 - 521.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1995 by the American Public Health Association