TY - JOUR
T1 - A cohort review approach evaluating community health worker programs in New York City, 2015-2017
AU - Feinberg, Alexis
AU - Seidl, Lois
AU - Dannefer, Rachel
AU - Wyka, Katarzyna
AU - Drackett, Elizabeth
AU - Brown-Dudley, La'Shawn
AU - Islam, Nadia
AU - Thorpe, Lorna E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - The objective of this study was to describe how a cohort review approach was applied as an evaluation framework for a community health worker intervention among adult residents in 5 public housing developments in New York City in 2015-2017. The cohort review approach involved systematically monitoring participants engaged in the Harlem Health Advocacy Partners program during a given time period ("cohort") to assess individual outcomes and program performance. We monitored participation status (completed, still active, disengaged, on leave, or died) and health outcomes. In this example of a cohort review, levels of enrollment and program disengagement were higher in cohort 1 than in cohort 2. For 6-month health outcomes, the percentage of participants with hypertension who had controlled blood pressure was static in cohort 1 and improved significantly in cohort 2. The percentage of participants with diabetes who self-reported controlled hemoglobin A1c increased significantly in cohort 1 at 6-month follow- up. The cohort approach highlighted important outcome successes and identified workload challenges affecting recruitment and retention.
AB - The objective of this study was to describe how a cohort review approach was applied as an evaluation framework for a community health worker intervention among adult residents in 5 public housing developments in New York City in 2015-2017. The cohort review approach involved systematically monitoring participants engaged in the Harlem Health Advocacy Partners program during a given time period ("cohort") to assess individual outcomes and program performance. We monitored participation status (completed, still active, disengaged, on leave, or died) and health outcomes. In this example of a cohort review, levels of enrollment and program disengagement were higher in cohort 1 than in cohort 2. For 6-month health outcomes, the percentage of participants with hypertension who had controlled blood pressure was static in cohort 1 and improved significantly in cohort 2. The percentage of participants with diabetes who self-reported controlled hemoglobin A1c increased significantly in cohort 1 at 6-month follow- up. The cohort approach highlighted important outcome successes and identified workload challenges affecting recruitment and retention.
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U2 - 10.5888/pcd16.180623
DO - 10.5888/pcd16.180623
M3 - Article
C2 - 31298212
AN - SCOPUS:85069788960
SN - 1545-1151
VL - 16
JO - Preventing Chronic Disease
JF - Preventing Chronic Disease
IS - 7
M1 - 180623
ER -