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Research ArticleOriginal ResearchA

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
MD, MPH
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Carolina Gonzalez Schlenker
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
MD, MPH
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Inez Cruz
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Polly Hitchcock Noël
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
PhD
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Raymond F. Palmer
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Ramin Poursani
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Carlos Roberto Jaén
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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SUPPLEMENTAL DATA IN PDF FILE BELOW

Supplemental Appendix:
Diabetes Self-Care Based on the Social Determinants of Health – The Promotores Approach
Advanced Primary Care - Promotores Work
Method of Change for Diabetes Self-Care. Building the Six-Piece Puzzle
Historical Trajectories of A1c in FHC Population With Type 2 Diabetes
Incidence Rate Ratios for Negative Binomial Models, (95% CIs in Parenthesis)

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