Peer Reviewed: Strategies to Improve the Integration of Community Health Workers Into Health Care Teams: A Little Fish in a Big Pond

摘要

IntroductionThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act acknowledges the value of community health workers (CHWs) as frontline public health workers. Consequently, growing attention has been placed on promoting CHWs as legitimate partners to provide support to health care teams and patients in the prevention, management, and control of chronic disease, particularly among diverse populations and high-need individuals.