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Publikováno v:
Preventing Chronic Disease. 20
Autor:
Arletha D Williams-Livingston, N'Dieye Danavall, Jinjie Zheng, Christopher E Ervin, Gail G McCray
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
Frontiers in Public Health
Frontiers in Public Health
Background: Ample research evidence has demonstrated that Community Health Worker (CHW) programs are a cost-effective, culturally integrated, and impactful way to improve community health. Although most existing CHW programs recruit adults as CHWs, h
Autor:
Colleen M. McBride, Gail G McCray, Cam Escoffery, Tabia Henry Akintobi, Caitlin G. Allen, Brittaney Bethea, Lawrence P. McKinney
Publikováno v:
Health promotion practice. 23(3)
Community health workers (CHWs) have been successful partners in addressing public health and health care challenges but have yet to be engaged in efforts to promote family health history (FHH) collection. FHH information is a key factor in determini
Autor:
Gail G McCray, Christopher E Ervin, Adrianne Proeller, Arletha D Williams-Livingston, Berneta L Haynes
Publikováno v:
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2020)
Background: Community Health Workers (CHW) can be an important and evidence-based response to reduce unnecessary morbidity and mortality in chronic diseases like asthma, heart disease, diabetes, cancers, HIV, and maternal/child health, and mental hea
Publikováno v:
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2020)
BackgroundDuring the summers of 2016- 2019, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) with the support of community partners, developed, piloted and implemented an innovative Community Health Worker Training Program for High School students (HSCHW). Trainin
Autor:
Tabia Henry Akintobi, Caitlin G. Allen, Cam Escoffery, Lawrence P. McKinney, Brittaney Bethea, Gail G McCray, Colleen M. McBride
Publikováno v:
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 29:B090-B090
The collection of family health history (FHH) is integral to the implementation of population screening that could identify those at high cancer risk who could benefit most from life-saving interventions. Although most individuals believe FHH is impo
Autor:
Joyce D. K. Essien, Gail G McCray
Publikováno v:
Health Promotion Practice. 11:609-611
This first textbook on, by, and for community health workers (CHW) is long overdue. It adheres to its stated purpose of providing a foundation for the increasing workforce of CHWs. The voices of CHWs are heard throughout. The book is comprehensive in
Autor:
Daniel S. Blumenthal, Larry Johnson, Selina A. Smith, Joyce Q. Sheats, Gail G McCray, Kim B. Turner, Diane Wesley
Publikováno v:
Clinical and translational science. 5(5)
In a previous report, we demonstrated the efficacy of an intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening among African Americans in a controlled community intervention trial. Participants in the intervention, named EPICS (Educational Program to I
African Americans have higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and poorer outcomes compared to others. The American Diabetes Association and the National Diabetes Education Program have promoted use of the ABC approach (glycated hemoglobin A1c,
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0250f838d9b2628a3a90428fc5286ed9
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4017345/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4017345/
Autor:
Joel Okoli, Stacy L. Thorne, Sherry R. Crump, Michele Shipp, Selma J. Morris, Daniel S. Blumenthal, Gail G McCray, Lee S. Caplan
Publikováno v:
Health promotion practice. 9(2)
This pilot study evaluates a community lay health advocate (CLHA) intervention in promoting follow-up for abnormal mammograms among African American women. A controlled trial was implemented at an urban hospital in Atlanta, with 48 women in a CLHA in