People workers: a local health department's experience with health education aides.

young, Moon mi; Hamlin, Gary

doi:10.2105/ajph.59.10.1845

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Diabetes mellitus is an appropriate illness for aide utilization because it is a common chronic disease with frequent preventable secondary complications,9 a major reported cause of disability among individuals over 45,10 and because adherence to the complex regimen" may be facilitated through learning in a home setting.…”

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A randomized study of the impact of home health aides on diabetic control and utilization patterns.

Hopper¹,

Miller²,

Birge³

et al. 1984

Am J Public Health

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Home health aides were offered to half of a group of 227 low-income diabetic clinic patients; in the group offered aides, fasting blood sugar (FBS) declined when compared to control group (10.1 mg/dl vs an increase of 5.1 mgldl), and missed clinic appointments and emergency room use also decreased. The group of 44, who, upon offer of an aide actually accepted one, showed a significant increase in eye clinic appointments as well as the greatest decline in FBS (13.9 mg/dl).

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A randomized study of the impact of home health aides on diabetic control and utilization patterns.

Hopper¹,

Miller²,

Birge³

et al. 1984

Am J Public Health

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Outreach in urban clinics

Rivara¹

1980

J Community Health

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Outreach services were initially conceived as important elements of neighborhood health centers, but they have not been shown to be effective in outcome evaluations. This study examines the outreach programs in 11 community clinics in Seattle. Interviews were conducted with the program directors and outreach workers of these clinics. Outreach programs have failed to provide an adequate number of jobs and career opportunities for the poor. Workers have not been carefully selected and trained, and goals and objectives of the program have been vague. Unstable funding of outreach has affected the quality as well as the size of the programs. Reasons for the inadequate implementation of the concept of outreach are discussed, and suggestions are made for future programs.

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The role of the health facilitator in community health education

Salber¹,

Beery²,

Jackson³

1976

J Community Health

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A community health education program has been established by the Department of Community Health Sciences of Duke University Medical Center in two target areas of Durham County, North Carolina. The program trains unpaid lay people, "health facilitators", to whom others already turn for help, to increase their competency for advising and referring community residents to appropriate community resources. Several methods for identifying potential health facilitators have been developed. Evaluation of the role of health facilitators hinges upon designing measures to demonstrate their existence in the community and the impact that they make. To be successful, the training of health facilitators should result in improving the quality of the advice they give their fellows. It is also important to assess the cultural acceptability of the facilitators' advice and to ensure that their helping role in the community is not disturbed by the possible professionalization of their role due to the training program.

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People workers: a local health department's experience with health education aides.

Cited by 7 publications

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A randomized study of the impact of home health aides on diabetic control and utilization patterns.

A randomized study of the impact of home health aides on diabetic control and utilization patterns.

Outreach in urban clinics

The role of the health facilitator in community health education

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