Characteristics of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Community Health Worker Programs: A Systematic Review

Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline health workers who often serve socially and linguistically isolated populations, including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities in the United States (U.S.) and U.S. territories. We conducted a systematic review...

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Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2015-05, Vol.26 (2), p.238-268
Main Authors: Islam, Nadia S, Zanowiak, Jennifer M, Riley, Lindsey, Nadkarni, Smiti K, Kwon, Simona C, Trinh-Shevrin, Chau
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian
Asian Americans
Community Health Workers
Humans
Intervention
Minority & ethnic groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Studies
Systematic review
United States
Workers
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Summary:Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline health workers who often serve socially and linguistically isolated populations, including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities in the United States (U.S.) and U.S. territories. We conducted a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature to assess the characteristics of CHW programs for AA and NHPI communities in the U.S. and U.S. territories, generating a total of 75 articles. Articles were coded using eight domains: ethnic group, health topic, geographic location, funding mechanism, type of analysis reported, prevention/management focus, CHW role, and CHW title. Articles describing results of an intervention or program evaluation, or cost-effectiveness analysis were further coded with seven domains: study design, intervention recruitment and delivery site, mode of intervention delivery, outcomes assessed, key findings, and positive impact. Results revealed gaps in the current literature and point towards recommendations for future CHW research, program, and policy efforts.
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2015.0062