ArticleGlobal health, science and practice2022
Community Health Worker Program Outcomes for Diabetes and Hypertension Control in West Bank Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study.
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Creating Healthy Communities Through a Church-based, Community Health Worker-led Initiative
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Antimicrobial resistance in a protracted war setting: a review of the literature from Palestine.mSystems · 2025Review
- Burden of Disease in Refugee Patients with Diabetes on the Island of Lesvos-The Experience of a Frontline General Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Because its power remains naturalized: introducing the settler colonial determinants of health.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Reassembling the Pieces: Settler Colonialism and the Reconception of Palestinian Health.Health and human rights · 2022Article
- The World Health Organization's package of essential noncommunicable diseases in the West Bank: Health education, disease control, and bio-physical outcomes.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
introductionCommunity health worker (CHW) programs have proven effective in improving diabetes control in many locations and settings, but data on feasibility and efficacy are lacking in the Middle East and settings of chronic violence. A Palestinian CHW program, Health for Palestine (H4P), addresses chronic diseases in West Bank refugee camps. Our study assesses the feasibility and effectiveness of the program's diabetes and hypertension interventions.
methodsData on home visits, patient retention, and blood pressure were extracted from the CHW records and analyzed. To assess diabetic patient progress, we conducted a retrospective matched cohort study using data obtained from a United Nations (UN) clinical database to analyze the trajectory of hemoglobin A1c (A1c) values. Thirty of the 47 diabetic patients in the H4P CHW program met study inclusion criteria and were each matched with 3 patients from the Bethlehem UN clinic (n=120). We tested for significance using multivariable linear regression with robust standard errors.
resultsThe average number of home visits per patient per month was 7.3 (standard deviation=4.1), and the patient retention rate was 100% over an average of 11.2 months. For hypertension patients in the CHW program (n=33), mean systolic blood pressure decreased by 7.3 mmHg (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.93, 12.25; DISCUSSION: The results suggest that CHW accompaniment may be an effective model for improving diabetes and hypertension control in refugee camps experiencing direct violence and extreme adversity. A low exclusion cut-off for A1c (≤6.4%) may underestimate the program's impact.
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