Community Health Worker Interventions to Improve Glycemic Control in People with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1004-1012

  Palmas, Walter ^a   March, Dana ^b   Darakjy, Salima ^b   Findley, Sally E ^b   Teresi, Jeanne ^c,d   Carrasquillo, Olveen ^e   Luchsinger, José A ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Research Division   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD; COMMUNITY CARE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; METABOLISM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84931569921     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3247-0     Document Type: Article

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