• Am J Public Health · Dec 2011

    Community health workers can be a public health force for change in the United States: three actions for a new paradigm.

    • Hector Balcazar, E Lee Rosenthal, J Nell Brownstein, Carl H Rush, Sergio Matos, and Lorenza Hernandez.
    • Health Science Center Houston, El Paso Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, El Paso, 79968, USA. Hector.G.Balcazar@uth.tmc.edu
    • Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec 1; 101 (12): 2199-203.

    AbstractCommunity health workers (CHWs) have gained increased visibility in the United States. We discuss how to strengthen the roles of CHWs to enable them to become collaborative leaders in dramatically changing health care from "sickness care" systems to systems that provide comprehensive care for individuals and families and supports community and tribal wellness. We recommend drawing on the full spectrum of CHWs' roles so that they can make optimal contributions to health systems and the building of community capacity for health and wellness. We also urge that CHWs be integrated into "community health teams" as part of "medical homes" and that evaluation frameworks be improved to better measure community wellness and systems change.

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