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Community Health Workers as Trust Builders and Healers: A Cohort Study in Primary Care

Robert L. Ferrer, Carolina Gonzalez Schlenker, Inez Cruz, Polly Hitchcock Noël, Raymond F. Palmer, Ramin Poursani and Carlos Roberto Jaén
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2022, 20 (5) 438-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2848
Robert L. Ferrer
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Carolina Gonzalez Schlenker
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Inez Cruz
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Polly Hitchcock Noël
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Raymond F. Palmer
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Ramin Poursani
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Carlos Roberto Jaén
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vol. 20 no. 5 438-445
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2848
PubMed 
36228078

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 24, 2021
  • Revision received February 8, 2022
  • Accepted for publication May 10, 2022
  • Published online September 26, 2022.

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  1. Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH⇑,
  2. Carolina Gonzalez Schlenker, MD, MPH,
  3. Inez Cruz, PhD,
  4. Polly Hitchcock Noël, PhD,
  5. Raymond F. Palmer, PhD,
  6. Ramin Poursani, MD and
  7. Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD
  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Robert L. Ferrer Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, Texas 78227 FerrerR{at}uthscsa.edu

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