Community Health Worker-Delivered Mental Health Interventions for Latine Populations in the U.S.: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: The United States (US) faces a mental health crisis characterized by persistent unmet mental health needs, provider shortages, and pronounced mental health inequities for systematically marginalized communities, including the Latine population. Integrating community health workers (CHWs) into mental healthcare delivery via task-shifting is one promising approach to address longstanding inequities in treatment access. Yet, most studies of CHW mental health models have been conducted outside of the US, necessitating an evaluation of the evidence base for these models domestically, and in particular, their use with Latines living in the US. This systematic review examines the evidence for CHW-delivered mental health interventions for US-based Latines. In total, 27 articles (25 trials) met the

SUBMITTER: Gustafson EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12628377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature