Evaluating community health workers' attributes, roles, and pathways of action in immigrant communities.

ABSTRACT: Community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely positioned to improve health outcomes in immigrant communities; however, research on appropriate metrics for evaluating CHW attributes and mechanisms of effectiveness are limited. The objective of this paper is to characterize CHW attributes and pathways of action using adapted measures, develop a scale using these measures, and explore how findings can inform future CHW research and practice. The study analyzed pre- and post-intervention group data from one quasi-experimental and three randomized controlled-design parent trials assessing the impact of CHW-led group and individual health coaching on various health outcomes in four New York City immigrant communities. We conducted descriptive, bi-variate and principal components analysis to devel

SUBMITTER: Islam N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354577 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature