title: Partners in health: a conceptual framework for the role of community health workers in facilitating patients' adoption of healthy behaviors.
abstract: We formulated a conceptual framework that begins to answer the national call to improve health care access, delivery, and quality by explaining the processes through which community health workers (CHWs) facilitate patients' adoption of healthy behaviors. In September 2011 to January 2012, we conducted a qualitative study that triangulated multiple data sources: 26 in-depth interviews, training documents, and patient charts. CHWs served as partners in health to immigrant Filipinos with hypertension, leveraging their cultural congruence with intervention participants, employing interpersonal communication techniques to build trust and rapport, providing social support, and assisting with health behavior change. To drive the field forward, this work can be expanded with framework testing that may influence future CHW training and interventions.
authors: At the time of the study, Carina Katigbak and Nancy Van Devanter were with the College of Nursing, and Nadia Islam and Chau Trinh-Shevrin were with the Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY.
authors: Carina
authors: C
authors: Katigbak
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Van Devanter
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Islam
authors: Chau
authors: C
authors: Trinh-Shevrin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian; D003142:Communication; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors