title: The ethnic minority linkworker: a key member of the primary health care team?
abstract: We present an evaluation of the role of a link-worker trained in health promotion and aspects of chronic disease management. A shift in workload occurred from the practice nurse to link-worker, and there were improvements in asthma and diabetes care. A link-worker can be successfully trained to do traditional nursing tasks, which permits a change of role for the practice nurse and can have a beneficial effect on the processes of chronic disease management.
authors.affiliation: King's Fund, London.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khanchandani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gillam
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003150:Community Health Workers; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016526:Workload