Hohl Sarah D, Thompson Beti, Krok-Schoen Jessica L, Weier Rory C, Martin Molly, Bone Lee, McCarthy William J, Noel Sabrina E, Garcia Beverly, Calderón Nancy E, Paskett Electra D
Sarah D. Hohl and Beti Thompson are with the Cancer Prevention Program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle. Jessica L. Krok-Schoen, Rory C. Weier, and Electra D. Paskett are with the Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus. Molly Martin is with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago. Lee Bone is with the Department of Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. William J. McCarthy and Nancy E. Calderón are with the Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health. Sabrina E. Noel is with the Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Beverly Garcia is with the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Am J Public Health. 2016 Apr;106(4):664-70. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302980. Epub 2016 Jan 21.
To quantify the characteristics of community health workers (CHWs) involved in community intervention research and, in particular, to characterize their job titles, roles, and responsibilities; recruitment and compensation; and training and supervision.
We developed and administered a structured questionnaire consisting of 25 closed- and open-ended questions to staff on National Institutes of Health-funded Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities projects between March and April 2014. We report frequency distributions for CHW roles, sought-after skills, education requirements, benefits and incentives offered, and supervision and training activities.
A total of 54 individuals worked as CHWs across the 18 research projects and held a diverse range of job titles. The CHWs commonly collaborated on research project implementation, provided education and support to study participants, and collected data. Training was offered across projects to bolster CHW capacity to assist in intervention and research activities.
Our experience suggests national benefit in supporting greater efforts to recruit, retain, and support the work of CHWs in community-engagement research.
量化参与社区干预研究的社区卫生工作者（CHW）的特征，尤其是描述他们的职位、角色和职责；招聘与薪酬；以及培训与监督。
2014年3月至4月期间，我们针对美国国立卫生研究院资助的人口健康与健康差异中心项目的工作人员，编制并发放了一份包含25个封闭式和开放式问题的结构化问卷。我们报告了社区卫生工作者的角色、所需技能、教育要求、提供的福利和激励措施以及监督和培训活动的频率分布情况。
在18个研究项目中，共有54人担任社区卫生工作者，他们拥有各种各样的职位。社区卫生工作者通常在研究项目实施过程中进行协作，为研究参与者提供教育和支持，并收集数据。各项目都提供了培训，以增强社区卫生工作者协助干预和研究活动的能力。
我们的经验表明，国家支持加大力度招募、留住社区卫生工作者并支持他们在社区参与研究中的工作，将带来益处。
