A community health worker training program to deliver accessible and affordable hearing care to older adults

Jonathan J. Suen; Hae Ra Han; Carolyn Y. Peoples; Mike Weikert; Nicole Marrone; Frank R. Lin; Carrie L. Nieman

doi:10.1353/hpu.2021.0006

A community health worker training program to deliver accessible and affordable hearing care to older adults

Jonathan J. Suen, Hae Ra Han, Carolyn Y. Peoples, Mike Weikert, Nicole Marrone, Frank R. Lin, Carrie L. Nieman

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Summary: 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	37-49
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2021.0006
State	Published - Feb 2021

Keywords

Aural rehabilitation
Community engagement
Community health worker
Community-delivered hearing care
Health disparities
Health equity
Healthy aging
Hearing loss
Human-centered design
Older adults
Presbycusis
Social design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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