Community Health Workers

"Community Health Workers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.

Descriptor ID	D003150
MeSH Number(s)	M01.526.485.067.080 N02.360.067.080
Concept/Terms	Community Health Workers Community Health Workers Community Health Worker Health Worker, Community Health Workers, Community Worker, Community Health Workers, Community Health Community Health Aides Aide, Community Health Aides, Community Health Community Health Aide Health Aide, Community Health Aides, Community Family Planning Personnel Family Planning Personnel Personnel, Family Planning Planning Personnel, Family Village Health Workers Village Health Workers Health Worker, Village Health Workers, Village Worker, Village Health Workers, Village Health Village Health Worker Barefoot Doctors Barefoot Doctors Barefoot Doctor Doctor, Barefoot Doctors, Barefoot Family Planning Personnel Characteristics Family Planning Personnel Characteristics

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Community Health Workers".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Health Personnel [M01.526.485]
Allied Health Personnel [M01.526.485.067]
Community Health Workers [M01.526.485.067.080]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Personnel [N02.360]
Allied Health Personnel [N02.360.067]
Community Health Workers [N02.360.067.080]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Community Health Workers".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Community Health Workers".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Community Health Workers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 34 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	5	1	6
2013	0	1	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	1	4
2018	2	1	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	1	2
2023	0	3	3
2025	1	0	1
2026	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Community Health Workers" by people in Profiles.

Joshi M, Kim K, Pickard AS, Sharp LK, Gerber BS, Touchette DR. Long-term cost-effectiveness of a mobile health intervention delivered by clinical pharmacists and community health workers for type 2 diabetes management in urban African American and Latinx populations. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2026 Apr 07; 83(8):423-435.

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Joshi M, Kim K, Pickard AS, Sharp LK, Gerber BS, Touchette DR. Mobile health intervention for type 2 diabetes management delivered by community health workers and clinical pharmacists: Intervention costs and healthcare resource utilization. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2026 Jan 27; 83(3):e116-e125.

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Spencer AE, Loubeau JK, Sikov J, Zolli N, Lejeune J, Baul T, Kobayashi I, Pena K, Vanegas J, Hansen-Erraziqi M, Kim J, Nawreen F, Wong G, Dayal R, Faber-Rico B, Fortuna LR, Borba C, Garg A, Silverstein M. Equity-Centered Development of a Community Health Worker Intervention to Improve Engagement in Care for ADHD. J Atten Disord. 2026 May; 30(5):577-589.

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Schuster RC, Wachter K, McRae K, McDaniel A, Davis OI, Nizigiyimana J, Johnson-Agbakwu CE. "If You Don't Have the Heart to Help, You Cannot Do This Job": The Multidimensional Wellbeing of Community Health Workers Serving Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Qual Health Res. 2024 02; 34(3):183-194.

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Flike K, Means RH, Chou J, Shi L, Hayman LL. Bridges to Elders: A Program to Improve Outcomes for Older Women Experiencing Homelessness. Health Promot Pract. 2025 Jan; 26(1):124-130.

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Barnett ML, Salem H, Rosas YG, Feinberg E, Nunez-Pepen R, Chu A, Belmont-Ryu H, Matsuno E, Broder-Fingert S. Adapting Community Health Worker Care Models to Advance Mental Health Services Among LGBTQ Youth. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2023 07; 50(4):658-672.

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Pirraglia PA, Torres CH, Collins J, Garb J, Kent M, McAdoo SP, Oloruntola-Coates Y, Smith JM, Thomas A. COVID-19 mitigation for high-risk populations in Springfield Massachusetts USA: a health systems approach. Int J Equity Health. 2021 10 19; 20(1):230.

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Boakye MDS, Owek CJ, Oluoch E, Atakora SB, Wachira J, Afrane YA. Needs assessment of community health workers to enhance efficient delivery of their services for community case management of malaria in Kenya. Malar J. 2021 Feb 18; 20(1):102.

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Ha DA, Tran OT, Nguyen HL, Chiriboga G, Goldberg RJ, Phan VH, Nguyen CT, Nguyen GH, Pham HV, Nguyen TT, Le TT, Allison JJ. Conquering hypertension in Vietnam-solutions at grassroots level: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Nov 27; 21(1):985.

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Berrett-Abebe J, Donelan K, Berkman B, Auerbach D, Maramaldi P. Physician and nurse practitioner perceptions of social worker and community health worker roles in primary care practices caring for frail elders: Insights for social work. Soc Work Health Care. 2020 01; 59(1):46-60.

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