A qualitative analysis of clinician perspectives on community health worker integration at epilepsy centers
Despite limited knowledge and experience regarding CHW roles and mechanisms for recruiting and sustaining CHW positions, the multidisciplinary clinicians interviewed valued the potential benefits of CHWs in an epilepsy center and endorsed a need to better address patients' unmet social determinants of health needs.
Authors
- Felicia Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4725-7669)
- Barbara C. Jobst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9243-2238)
- Elaine T Kiriakopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4001-5066)
- Sarah Kaden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6248-7465)
- Angela Murray
- Carly Sykes
- Suzanne Lenz
- Trina Dawson
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1560077
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61
Funders
- Dartmouth College
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion