Applying the community health worker model to diabetes management: Using mixed methods to assess implementation and effectiveness

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1044-1059

  Cherrington, Andrea ^a   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^c   Amick, Halle ^d   Scarinci, Isabel ^b   Allison, Jeroan ^b   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UAB ^*

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Community health worker; Diabetes; Qualitative methods; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 58149198963     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0077     Document Type: Article

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