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Abstract
Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.
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Synonyms
25 entry terms
- Community Health Aides
- Aide, Community Health
- Aides, Community Health
- Community Health Aide
- Community Health Worker
- Health Aide, Community
- Health Aides, Community
- Health Worker, Community
- Health Workers, Community
- Worker, Community Health
- Workers, Community Health
- Barefoot Doctors
- Family Planning Personnel
- Family Planning Personnel Characteristics
- Village Health Worker
- Village Health Workers
- Barefoot Doctor
- Doctor, Barefoot
- Doctors, Barefoot
- Health Worker, Village
- Health Workers, Village
- Personnel, Family Planning
- Planning Personnel, Family
- Worker, Village Health
- Workers, Village Health
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Aspects Covered
12 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
IM
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History Note
71
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Previous Indexing
- Community Health Services (1966-1970)
- Community Mental Health Services (1967-1970)
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W 21.5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Community Health Workers. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003150. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003150
- Community Health Workers. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_health_worker
- Community Health Workers. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5154968