Community Health Workers in Primary Care Practice: Redesigning Health Care Delivery Systems to Extend and Improve Diabetes Care in Underserved Populations

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 51S-61S

  Collinsworth, Ashley ^a   Vulimiri, Madhulika ^b   Snead, Christine ^a   Walton, James ^c  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Genesis Physician Group   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic disease; diabetes; health disparities; health research; lay health advisors community health workers; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84910024595     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839914539961     Document Type: Article

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