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Teams Of Community Health Workers And Nursing Students Effect Health Promotion Of Underserved Urban Neighborhoods, Gail Landheer Zandee, Debra Bossenbroek, Dianne Slager, Beth Gordon
Teams Of Community Health Workers And Nursing Students Effect Health Promotion Of Underserved Urban Neighborhoods, Gail Landheer Zandee, Debra Bossenbroek, Dianne Slager, Beth Gordon
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Objective(s): The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of CHW/ nursing student teams in promoting secondary protection and improving access to care for residents of three urban underserved neighborhoods. The study also sought to measure CHW and resident satisfaction of such a program. Design and Sample: Quasi-experimental and nonexperimental designs were used for the study. Convenience samples consisted of residents who participated in the CHW program during 2005–2006, CHWs and residents who participated in the CHW program during 2005–2007 and a systematic random sample of residents across the three neighborhoods. Measures: Three quantitative measures …