Community health workers serving Veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot intervention development and feasibility study
The pilot presents a promising CHW-led intervention to improve COPD self-management. These initial results suggest the intervention is acceptable, feasible, and appropriate and could improve health outcomes, including quality of life. Future programs or randomized controlled trial design could benefit from the study's recommended adaptations.
Authors
- Jessica C. Jones‐Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8962-1695)
- David Coultas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-6735)
- Karin M. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-6751)
- George Sayre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-5019)
- Vincent S. Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-1117)
- Tiffanie Fennell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6076-8973)
- Emily R. Locke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-9107)
- Jessica Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4673-7166)
- Bryan Weiner
- Mayuree Rao
- C. Bradley Kramer
Institutions
- Washington State Department of Health (US)
- Public Health – Seattle & King County (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System (US)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Behavioral Tech Research, Inc. (US)
- VA Portland Health Care System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pilot and Feasibility Studies
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01711-8
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00