Roles, responsibilities and characteristics of lay community health workers involved in diabetes prevention programmes: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine the characteristics of community health workers (CHWs) involved in diabetes prevention programmes (DPPs) and their contributions to expected outcomes.

Methods

Electronic databases including PubMed-MEDLINE, EBSCOHost, and SCOPUS/EMBASE were searched for studies published between January 2000 and March 2016. All studies that used CHWs to implement DPP in ≥18-year-old participants without diabetes but at high risk for developing the condition, irrespective of the study design, setting or outcomes measured, were included. Results were synthesized narratively.

Results

Forty papers of 30 studies were identified. Studies were mainly community-based and conducted in minority populations in USA. Sample sizes ranged from 20 participants in a single community to 2

SUBMITTER: Hill J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5720739 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature