Community Health Worker

In a meta-analysis of trials of blood pressure-lowering interventions, those led by pharmacists and community health workers resulted in more BP lowering than those led by other professionals, researchers reported.

PHILADELPHIA — A large multilevel hypertension treatment protocol package led by community health workers in Nigeria was associated with improvements in high blood pressure treatment and control, a speaker reported.

In a cohort of South Asian Americans with uncontrolled BP, compared with the control group, those assigned to a community health worker-led intervention had greater odds of achieving BP control at 6 months, researchers reported.

Community health workers helped patients in a safety-net primary care practice self-manage type 2 diabetes and lower their HbA1C, according to a new study published in Annals of Family Medicine.

Visits from a community health worker were associated with improved medication adherence and inhaler technique among urban children with asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Community health workers can reduce hospital visits by helping patients better manage diabetes, lower their BP and cholesterol, and stay up to date on cancer screenings, a speaker at the Annual Rural Health Conference said.

Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, spoke with Healio about a lecture on precision medicine she gave at this year’s Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium.

Employing community health workers to increase the number of cervical cancer and colorectal cancer screenings was a cost-effective strategy in certain circumstances, according to a recent analysis.

Physicians may find some relief from administrative burdens by utilizing community health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a speaker at the virtual North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Rural Primary Care Conference said.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Primary Care are tackling some of the biggest issues in the field — limited resources, reimbursement and burnout — both in the United States and abroad.