IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/10.2105-ajph.2017.304096_9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Community health workers in the United States: Challenges in identifying, surveying, and supporting the workforce

Author

Listed:
  • Sabo, S.
  • Allen, C.G.
  • Sutkowi, K.
  • Wennerstrom, A.

Abstract

Community health workers (CHWs) are members of a growing profession in the United States. Studying this dynamic labor force is challenging, in part because its members have more than 100 different job titles. The demand for timely, accurate information about CHWs is increasing as the profession gains recognition for its ability to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Although numerous surveys of CHWs have been conducted, the field lacks well-delineated methods for gaining access to this hard-to-identify workforce. We outline methods for surveying CHWs and promising ap-proachestoengagetheworkforce and other stakeholders in conducting local, state, and national studies. We also highlight successful strategies to overcome challenges in CHW surveys and future directions for surveying the field.

Suggested Citation

  • Sabo, S. & Allen, C.G. & Sutkowi, K. & Wennerstrom, A., 2017. "Community health workers in the United States: Challenges in identifying, surveying, and supporting the workforce," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107(12), pages 1964-1969.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2017.304096_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304096
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304096
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304096?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2017.304096_9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.