Fighting the COVID-19 Merciless Monster: Lives on the Line-Community Health Representatives' Roles in the Pandemic Battle on the Navajo Nation
Autor: | Mae-Gilene Begay, Paige Menking, E. Lee Rosenthal |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Scope of practice
Battle Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject Pneumonia Viral Criminology 03 medical and health sciences Betacoronavirus 0302 clinical medicine Professional Role Political science Pandemic Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics media_common Community Health Workers SARS-CoV-2 030503 health policy & services Health Policy COVID-19 language.human_language United States Emergency response Navajo Community health United States Indian Health Service language Indians North American 0305 other medical science Coronavirus Infections Monster |
Zdroj: | The Journal of ambulatory care management. 43(4) |
ISSN: | 1550-3267 |
Popis: | Over 100 Community Health Representatives (CHRs) as part of the oldest and largest Community Health Worker (CHW) program in the United States serve the Dine People on the Navajo Nation. The CHRs work under a tribally determined scope of practice that embraces the importance of self-determination of tribal nations, a philosophy central to the CHW field nationally. Navajo CHRs are the epitome of frontline workers, as they extend their traditional role to encompass long-term emergency response during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). This article describes the Navajo CHR role in the pandemic through the lens of an interview with the program's director, Mae-Gilene Begay. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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