SynthesisAdministration and policy in mental health2018
Mobilizing Community Health Workers to Address Mental Health Disparities for Underserved Populations: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Administration and policy in mental health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 233 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Feasibility of a CHW Intervention for Functional Decline in Rural Older Adults
Patient Navigators for Children's Community Mental Health Services in High Poverty Urban Communities
SUPERA: Supporting Peer Interactions to Expand Access to Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Spanish-speaking Safety-Net Patients in Primary Care
Who cites it
233 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Empowering accredited social health activist (ASHA) workers to support community mental health in Karnataka State of India: A systematic review.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Pooled it
- Implementation outcomes of the WHO psychosocial intervention problem management plus in humanitarian settings: a systematic review.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Public health interventions to improve the mental health and mental health literacy of young people in resource-limited settings: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Mental Health Support Workers Perspectives on Barriers to and Facilitators of the Effective Delivery of their Roles: A Systematic Review and Meta-aggregation.Community mental health journal · 2025Pooled it
- Community Health Worker-Delivered Mental Health Interventions for Latine Populations in the U.S.: A Systematic Literature Review.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Community-based mental health interventions for reducing youth suicidal thoughts and behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of mental health interventions involving non-specialists and digital technology in low-and middle-income countries - a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Psychometric Validation of a Combined Assessment for Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care in Mozambique (CAD-MZ).Assessment · 2022Pooled it
- Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice.International journal for equity in health · 2022Pooled it
- Primary-level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Determinants of Implementing Evidence-Based Trauma-Focused Interventions for Children and Youth: A Systematic Review.Administration and policy in mental health · 2020Pooled it
- Pilot test of an adapted relational savoring intervention for Latine-serving community health workers.Journal of counseling psychology · 2026Trial
- Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Perinatal Adolescents in Kenya: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Examining theoretical mediators in a culturally adapted, community health worker-led intervention for depression and anxiety.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Building community capacity in mental health care with the Strong Minds-Strong Communities programme: a randomised controlled trial in the USA.Lancet (London, England) · 2025Trial
- "Caminando y socializando con Happy Older Latinos are Active (HOLA)": Results of a randomized clinical trial to promote health and prevent depression and anxiety in older Latinos.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Family engagement in a behavioral parenting intervention: A randomized comparison of telehealth versus office-based treatment formats.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2024Trial
- Costs and cost-effectiveness of Shamiri, a brief, layperson-delivered intervention for Kenyan adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2023Trial
- Maternal depression, alcohol use, and transient effects of perinatal paraprofessional home visiting in South Africa: Eight-year follow-up of a cluster randomized controlled trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Trial
- Impact of Technology Driven Mental Health Task-shifting for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs): Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Methods of Training.Community mental health journal · 2023Trial
173 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
This systematic review evaluates efforts to date to involve community health workers (CHWs) in delivering evidence-based mental health interventions to underserved communities in the United States and in low- and middle-income countries. Forty-three articles (39 trials) were reviewed to characterize the background characteristics of CHW, their role in intervention delivery, the types of interventions they delivered, and the implementation supports they received. The majority of trials found that CHW-delivered interventions led to symptom reduction. Training CHWs to support the delivery of evidence-based practices may help to address mental health disparities. Areas for future research as well as clinical and policy implications are discussed.
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