Publications
Selected Publications from the Academy’s Team on Community Health Workers
- George S, Silva L, Llamas M, Ramos I, Joe J, Mendez J, Salazar R, Tehan J, Vasquez T, Nealy S, Balcazar H. The Development of a Novel, Standards-Based Core Curriculum for Community Facing, Clinic-Based Community Health Workers. Front Public Health. 2021 Jun 7;9:663492. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.663492. PMID: 34164368; PMCID: PMC8215713.
- George S, Dixon LZ, Carrasco E, Romo O, Vides L, Balcazar H. Talk to PAPA A Systematic Review of Patient/Participant (PAPA) Feedback on Interactions with Community Health Workers Using a Depth Analysis Approach. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 2020;43(1):55-70.
- Balcazar H, George S. Community Health Workers: Bringing a New Era of Systems Change to Stimulate Investments in Health Care for Vulnerable US Populations. Am J Public Health. 2018;108(6):720-721.PMC5944897.
- Brown, L., Vasquez, D., Salinas, J., Tang, X., Balcazar, H. (2018). Evaluation of Healthy Fit: A Community Health Worker Model to Address Hispanic Health Disparities. Preventing Chronic Disease Vol. 15, E49. 170347.
- Balcazar, H., De Heer, H. (2015). Community health workers as partners in management of non-communicable diseases.The Lancet Global Health July 15.
- Balcazar H, Fernandez-Gaxiola AC, Perez-Lizaur AB, Peyron RA, Ayala C. Improving Heart Healthy Lifestyles Among Participants in a Salud Para Su Corazon Promotores Model: The Mexican Pilot Study, 2009-2012. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2015;12.PMC4362391.
- Balcázar H, Wise S, Rosenthal EL, et al. An ecological model using promotores de salud to prevent cardiovascular disease on the US-Mexico border: the HEART project. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012;9:E35- E35.3310145.
- Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Brownstein, N., Rush, C., Matos, S., and Hernandez, L. (2011). Community health workers can be a public health force for change in the United States: three actions for a new paradigm. American Journal of Public Health 101 (12):2199-2203.
- de Heer HD, Balcazar HG, Castro F, Schulz L. A Path Analysis of a Randomized Promotora de Salud Cardiovascular Disease–Prevention Trial Among At-Risk Hispanic Adults. Health Education & Behavior. 2011;39(1):77-86.
- Balcazar, H., de Heer, H., Rosenthal, L., Aguirre, M., Flores, L., Puentes, F., Cardenas, V., Duarte, M., Ortiz, M., and Schulz, L. (2010). A promotores de salud intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in a high-risk Hispanic border population, 2005-2008. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2010; 7(2).
- Balcazar H, Rosenthal L, De Heer H, et al. Use of Community-based Participatory Research to Disseminate Baseline Results from a Cardiovascular Disease Randomized Community Trial for Mexican Americans Living in a U.S.-Mexico Border Community. Education for Health. 2009;22(3):279-+
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- Balcazar HG, Byrd TL, Ortiz M, Tondapu SR, Chavez M. A Randomized Community Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control among Mexican Americans: Using the Promotoras de Salud Community Outreach Model. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2009;20(4):1079-1094.
- Balcazar HG, Wise S, Redelfs A, et al. Perceptions of Community Health Workers (CHWs/PS) in the US-Mexico Border HEART CVD Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014;11(2):1873-1884.
- Torres, S., Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Labonte, R., Fox, D., and Chiu, I. (2017). Community health workers in Canada and the U.S.: Working from the margins to address health equity. Critical Public Health.
- Allen, C., McBride, C., Balcazar, H. and Kaphingst, K (2016). Community health workers: An untapped resource to promote genomic literacy. Journal of Health Communication.
- Balcazar, H. (2016). Community health workers for recovery from acute coronary syndrome. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Published Online Feb 5, 2016.
- Balcazar, H., Perez-Lizaur, A., Escalante, E., Villanueva, A. ( 2016). Community health workers- promotores de salud in Mexico: history and potential for building effective community actions. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Vol 39:1: 12-22.
- Balcazar, H., De Heer, H., Wise , S., Redelfs, A., Rosenthal, L., Burgos Ximena, Duarte, M. (2015). Promotoras can facilitate use of recreational community resources : the Mi Corazon Mi Comunidad cohort study. Health Promotion Practice.
- De Heer, H., Balcazar, H., Wise, S., Redelfs, A., Rosenthal, L., Duarte, M. (2015). Improved cardiovascular risk among Hispanic border participants of the Mi Corazon, Mi Comunidad Promotores de Salud Model: the HEART II cohort intervention study 2009-2013. Public Health Education and Promotion. Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 3 Article 149, pages 1-7. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00149
- Koniak-Griffin, D., Brecht, M.L., Takayanagi, S., Villegas, J., Melendres, M., Balcazar. H. (2015). A Community health worker-led lifestyle behavior intervention for Latina (Hispanic) women: feasibility and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies 52, 75-87
- Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., De Heer, H., Wise, S., Flores, L., Aguirre, M. (2014). Critical reflections on the role of CBPR within an RCT community health worker prevention intervention. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Vol. 37 (3):241-249
- Perez-Lizaur, A., Peyron, R., Balcazar-Quintero, M., Fernandez-Gaxiola, A., Balcazar, H., A., Ayala, C. (2012). Promotores de salud trabajando para la salud cardiovascular: Program Salud Para Su Corazon Santa Fe. Cuadernos de Nutricion Vol 35(5): 191-197
- Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., and Ortiz, G. (2011). Salud Para Su Corazon (Health for Your Heart) community health worker model: community and clinical approaches for addressing CVD risk reduction in Hispanic/Latinos. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Vol. 34 (4):362-372.
- Balcázar HG, de Heer H, Rosenthal L, Aguirre M, Flores L, Puentes FA, et al. A promotores de salud intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in a high-risk Hispanic border population. Preventing Chronic Disease 2010;7(2):A28.
- Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Cantu, F., Pedregon, V., and Fulwood, R. (2009) A promotora de salud model for addressing cardiovascular disease risk factors in the US-Mexico border region. Preventing Chronic Disease Vol. 6. No. 1, January 2009. PMCID: PMC2644608
- Medina, A., Balcazar, H., Luna Hollen, M., Nkoma, E., and Soto Mas, F. (2007). Promotores de salud educating Hispanic communities on heart-health living. American Journal of Health Education July-August Vol 38, No.4, 194-202.
Academy Mentored CDU Student Research and Theses Projects
- Students in the CDU Masters of Biomedical Sciences Program
- Diana Guzman
- Ahmed Khalil
- Community Health Workers’ Perspectives on Their Integration into the Clinical Work Setting and Implications for the Team-Based Model of Care
- Tatiana Vazquez
- A Qualitative Case Study of the Development of a Clinical Community Health Worker Training Curriculum