Community Health Workers as Healthcare Navigators in Primary Care Chronic Disease Management: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This review was carried out to synthesize the evidence of the effectiveness of community health worker (CHW) navigation in primary care chronic disease management.

Methods

We searched the English language literature between January 1990 and March 2020 in Medline, Embase, Emcare, PubMed, Psych Info, CINAHL, Scopus, and Medline Epub ahead of print. Data extraction, quality rating, and assessment of the reporting of interventions were performed by two reviewers independently and the findings were synthesized narratively.

Results

Twenty-nine articles met the inclusion criteria. All but two were carried out in the USA and half were randomized controlled trials. Six of the 29 studies were of strong methodological quality while 12 were moderate and 11 weak. Overal

SUBMITTER: Mistry SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8390732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature