Do State Community Health Worker Laws Align with Best Available Evidence?

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 315-325

  Barbero, Colleen ^a   Gilchrist, Siobhan ^b   Chriqui, Jamie F ^c   Martin, Molly A ^c   Wennerstrom, Ashley ^d   VanderVeur, Jennifer ^a   Prewitt, Kim ^e   Brownstein, J Nell ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ihrc Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Evidence informed policy; Health law; Health policy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959521711     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0098-x     Document Type: Article

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