A Community Health Worker Training Program to Deliver Accessible and Affordable Hearing Care to Older Adults

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021;32(1):37-49. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0006.

Abstract

Community leaders collaborated with human-centered design practitioners and academic researchers to co-develop a community health worker (CHW) training program for delivering community-based hearing care to fellow older adults. When implemented by CHWs, clients' communication function improved comparably with outcomes following professional interventions. Community-based models offer opportunities to advance hearing health.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Community Health Workers*
  • Hearing*
  • Humans