SynthesisCurrent diabetes reports2014
Community health worker interventions for Latinos with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
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Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review of healthcare-led and lay-led interventions for type 2 diabetes in community settings.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Acceptability of community health worker and peer supported interventions for ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative systematic review.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2024Pooled it
- Mortality attributable to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative risk assessment analysis.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Pooled it
- Supported self-management for people with type 2 diabetes: a meta-review of quantitative systematic reviews.BMJ open · 2018Pooled it
- What do we know about community-based health worker programs? A systematic review of existing reviews on community health workers.Human resources for health · 2018Pooled it
- Impact of Community Health Workers on Use of Healthcare Services in the United States: A Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Peer Support for the Hardly Reached: A Systematic Review.American journal of public health · 2016Pooled it
- Comparative Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Latinos: A Systematic Review.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingPooled it
- Effectiveness of a Female Community Health Volunteer-Delivered Intervention in Reducing Blood Glucose Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Open-Label, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- Health effectiveness of community health workers as a diabetes self-management intervention.Diabetes & vascular disease research · 2017Trial
- A randomized, controlled trial of a stress management intervention for Latinos with type 2 diabetes delivered by community health workers: Outcomes for psychological wellbeing, glycemic control, and cortisol.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2016Trial
- Community Health Workers Promoting Physical Activity: Targeting Multiple Levels of the Social Ecological Model.The Journal of ambulatory care managementTrial
- Enhancing Type 2 Diabetes Management Involving Healthcare Professionals in Primary Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A network analysis to explore illness perceptions in Black adults with type 2 diabetes.British journal of health psychology · 2025Article
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- A nutrition-focused review of the interventions in US-living Latino communities with type II diabetes.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Effects of a Community Health Worker-Led Health Literacy Intervention on Lifestyle Modification Among Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes in the City of Harare, Zimbabwe: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
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- Implementation Monitoring of a Promotora-Led, Home-Based Obesity Prevention Pilot Study With Latino Preschool Children and Their Mothers.International quarterly of community health education · 2021Article
- Social Determinants of Health and Diabetes: A Scientific Review.Diabetes care · 2020Review
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5 authors.
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Abstract
This systematic review aimed to synthesize glucose (HbA1c) outcomes of community health worker (CHW)-delivered interventions for Latinos with type 2 diabetes that were tested in randomized controlled trials and to summarize characteristics of the targeted populations and interventions, including the background, training, and supervision of the CHWs. Searches of PubMed and Google Scholar databases and references from selected articles identified 12 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Of these, seven reported statistically significant improvements in HbA1c. Study participants were largely low-income, female, and Spanish-speaking and had uncontrolled diabetes. The CHWs led the interventions alone, in pairs, or as part of a team. Interventions varied considerably in session time, duration, and number. Most met standards for tailored, high-intensity interventions and half were theory-based. Overall, methodological quality was good but there were inconsistencies in the reporting of key information. Future research should report in greater detail CHW background, training, and supervision; examine factors associated with intervention effectiveness; and provide data on cost and cost-effectiveness.
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