%0 Journal Article
%T Integrating Community Health Workers Into Medical Homes
%A Anne M. Joseph
%A Eileen M. Harwood
%A Elizabeth A. Rogers
%A Joan Cleary
%A Kathleen T. Call
%A Sarah Turcotte Manser
%J Archive of "Annals of Family Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.1370/afm.2171
%X Though evidence supports the value of community health workers (CHWs) in chronic disease self-management support, and authorities have called for expanding their roles within patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), few PCMHs in Minnesota have incorporated these health workers into their care teams. We undertook a qualitative study to (1) identify facilitators and barriers to utilizing a CHW model among PCMHs in Minnesota, and (2) define roles played by this workforce within the PCMH team
%K medical home
%K community health workers
%K primary care
%K health workforce
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5758315/