SynthesisJournal of community health2022
Impact of Community Health Workers on Access to Care for Rural Populations in the United States: A Systematic Review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Advancing equity and value in United States healthcare: an umbrella review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- How is academic medicine engaging with community health workers in the United States?: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of a language-concordant community health worker intervention to improve community-to-clinic linkage for dementia care: results of the randomized trial PLAN.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Trial
- Food Rx + CHW: a community health worker-led medically tailored grocery intervention to address food insecurity and type 2 diabetes, a pilot randomized trial.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- The Role of Community Health Professionals in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 2026Review
- Pandemic era expansion of state laws governing the professionalization of community health workers.Health affairs scholar · 2026Article
- Population-oriented health promotion and disease prevention interventions in primary healthcare: a scoping review of reviews.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Kidney Care for Haitian Immigrants in the United States.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Integrating Community Health Workers Into Clinical Settings.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Tailoring an auricular point acupressure self-management program for chronic pain: lessons learned from rural partners.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Trends in asthma and pneumonia-related mortality in the United States: a CDC wonder database analysis (1999-2023).Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Centering Community Engagement in a Hypertension Clinical Trial: Strategies to Engage Rural Black Patients in the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Bereavement service deserts: A 2024 statewide assessment of bereavement services.Death studies · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Review of Community Health Workers' Training, Supervision, and Service Delivery Needs.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Article
- Influences and Implications of Medical Mistrust on Healthcare Behaviors in a Low Health Outcomes County in the State of New Jersey.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Pandemic Communities of Fate and Care Penalties Among Community Outreach Workers in California's Central Valley.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- "I feel like my job is to give patients hope" - perspectives of Community Health Workers and employers in Iowa: a mixed methods study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Understanding Community Health Care Through Problem-Based Learning With Real-Patient Videos: Single-Arm Pre-Post Mixed Methods Study.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Generational perspectives and advocacy barriers among community health workers: implications for public health workforce leadership.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- PLAN-Dementia literacy education and navigation for Korean elders with probable dementia and their caregivers: Rationale, methods, and design of a community-based, randomized, controlled, multi-site clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
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Abstract
Community Health Worker (CHW) interventions have shown potential to reduce inequities for underserved populations. However, there is a lack of support for CHW integration in the delivery of health care. This may be of particular importance in rural areas in the Unites States where access to care remains problematic. This review aims to describe CHW interventions and their outcomes in rural populations in the US. Peer reviewed literature was searched in PubMed and PsycINFO for articles published in English from 2015 to February 2021. Title and abstract screening was performed followed by full text screening. Quality of the included studies was assessed using the Downs and Black score. A total of 26 studies met inclusion criteria. The largest proportion were pre-post program evaluation or cohort studies (46.2%). Many described CHW training (69%). Almost a third (30%) indicated the CHW was integrated within the health care team. Interventions aimed to provide health education (46%), links to community resources (27%), or both (27%). Chronic conditions were the concern for most interventions (38.5%) followed by women's health (34.6%). Nearly all studies reported positive improvement in measured outcomes. In addition, studies examining cost reported positive return on investment. This review offers a broad overview of CHW interventions in rural settings in the United States. It provides evidence that CHW can improve access to care in rural settings and may represent a cost-effective investment for the healthcare system.
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