The World Health Organization’s End TB strategy seeks to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis by at least 80% by the year 2030, but underreporting and underdiagnosis prevents an accurate assessment of progression toward this goal. Tushar Garg and colleagues assessed whether CHWs could be an effective means for identifying and referring presumptive TB cases to receive treatment. … [Read more...] about Prediagnostic loss to follow-up in an active case finding tuberculosis programme: a mixed-methods study from rural Bihar, India
NON Communicable Diseases/NCD
Telephone or Visit-Based Community Health Worker Care Management for Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Study
The best mode of CHW-supported health care for low income, Hispanic patients remains an understudied area of research. Barbara Turner and colleagues assessed health outcomes among Texan, Hispanic patients experiencing Diabetes Mellitus. They followed patients for six months following care management received from CHWs either by telephone only, during clinic visits without … [Read more...] about Telephone or Visit-Based Community Health Worker Care Management for Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Study
Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
Low- and middle-income countries experience high cases of preventable diseases like hypertension, in part due to a limited supply of trained physicians. Dilan Gamage and his colleagues examined whether CHWs could help improve hypertension management in rural India. CHW training in hypertension management enabled an additional 20% of participants to obtain blood pressure … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
Observational stepped-wedge analysis of a community health worker-led intervention for diabetes and hypertension in rural Mexico
This study evaluated a CHW-led intervention focusing on patients suffering from diabetes and hypertension in rural Mexico. The results indicated a decrease in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetic patients by 0.35%; similarly, the research showed a decrease in systolic blood pressure (SBP) in hypertensive patients by 4.7 mm Hg. … [Read more...] about Observational stepped-wedge analysis of a community health worker-led intervention for diabetes and hypertension in rural Mexico
Application of the community health worker model in adult asthma and COPD in the U.S.: a systematic review
This paper systematically reviews the effectiveness of community health worker interventions in reducing healthcare utilization in adults with asthma and COPD. … [Read more...] about Application of the community health worker model in adult asthma and COPD in the U.S.: a systematic review
