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ArticleHealth services research and managerial epidemiology

Interprofessional Teamwork and Collaboration Between Community Health Workers and Healthcare Teams: An Integrative Review.

Catherine M Franklin, Jean M Bernhardt, Ruth Palan Lopez, Ellen R Long-Middleton, Sheila Davis

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Article in Health services research and managerial epidemiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05211869 (T1DTechCHW), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT05211869 nacompletednot on this map

T1DTechCHW: Enhancing the Community Health Worker (CHW) Model to Promote Diabetes Technology Use in Young Adults From Underrepresented Minority Groups (YA-URMs) With Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlbert Einstein College of MedicineRan2022 to 2025Enrolled119ConditionsDiabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Young Adult, Diabetes MellitusArmsT1D-CATCH
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Catherine M FranklinDepartment of Family Medicine, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, East Boston, MA, USA.
Jean M BernhardtSchool of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.
Ruth Palan LopezSchool of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.
Ellen R Long-MiddletonCollege of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Sheila DavisPartners in Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCommunity Health Workers (CHWs) serve as a means of improving outcomes for underserved populations. However, their relationship within health care teams is not well studied. The purpose of this integrative review was to examine published research reports that demonstrated positive health outcomes as a result of CHW intervention to identify interprofessional teamwork and collaboration between CHWs and health care teams.

methodsA total of 47 studies spanning 33 years were reviewed using an integrative literature review methodology for evidence to support the following assumptions of effective interprofessional teamwork between CHWs and health care teams: (1) shared understanding of roles, norms, values, and goals of the team; (2) egalitarianism; (3) cooperation; (4) interdependence; and(5) synergy.

resultsOf the 47 studies, 12 reported at least one assumption of effective interprofessional teamwork. Four studies demonstrated all 5 assumptions of interprofessional teamwork.

conclusionsFour studies identified in this integrative review serve as exemplars for effective interprofessional teamwork between CHWs and health care teams. Further study is needed to describe the nature of interprofessional teamwork and collaboration in relation to patient health outcomes.

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access to carecollaborationcommunity healthcommunity health workerinterprofessional teamwork

Identifiers

PMID28462254
PMCPMC5266454

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