Professionalization as a 'Double-Edged Sword': Assessing the Professional Citizenship of Community Health Workers in the Midwest

Autor: Ryan I. Logan

Publikováno v: Human Organization. 80:192-202

Community health workers improve health and well-being through, most notably, health education, advocacy, and building individual and community capacity. In spite of these contributions to the health care landscape, these workers are not well integra

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https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525-80.3.192

Being a Community Health Worker Means Advocating

Autor: Ryan I. Logan

Publikováno v: Anthropology in Action. 26:9-18

Community health workers (CHWs) participate in advocacy as a crucial means to empower clients in overcoming health disparities and to improve the health and social well-being of their communities. Building on previous studies, this article proposes a

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https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2019.260202

'Let the Horse Run': Assessing the Potentiality, Challenges, and Future Sustainability of CHWS in Indiana

Autor: Ryan I. Logan

Publikováno v: Practicing Anthropology. 40:40-44

The use of community health workers (CHWs) as distinct members of the health care workforce has waxed and waned throughout the last fifty years in the United States. As medical laypersons that are often members of the communities they work within, CH

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Achieving Health Alternatively: Exploring the Roles of Alternative Health Practitioners in Tampa Bay

Autor: Ryan I. Logan

Publikováno v: Practicing Anthropology. 39:10-14

Many individuals in the United States continue to seek out complementary and alternative approaches to health. In this exploratory project, I examined the use of complementary and alternative approaches to health from the perspective of several pract

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https://doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552.39.4.10

Addressing Health Disparities in the Rural United States: Advocacy as Caregiving among Community Health Workers and Promotores de Salud

Autor: Heide Castañeda, Ryan I. Logan

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9223, p 9223 (2020)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 17
Issue 24

Rural populations in the United States are faced with a variety of health disparities that complicate access to care. Community health workers (CHWs) and their Spanish-speaking counterparts, promotores de salud, are well-equipped to address rural hea

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