TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing Dementia
T2 - A Scoping Review and Global Perspective
AU - Alam, Rifat B.
AU - Ashrafi, Sadia Anjum
AU - Pionke, J. J.
AU - Schwingel, Andiara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The current increase in global dementia prevalence deserves public health intervention. While limited access to health care and a shortage of health care workers are significant shortcomings, utilizing community health workers (CHWs) could be a promising way to improve dementia care through cost-effective approaches. This scoping review synthesizes existing research on roles of CHWs in dementia-related services. PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, CABI Global Health, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library were searched from inception to October 2, 2019, and yielded 1,594 articles. Five broad areas emerged as potential roles of CHWs from 10 eligible articles: educational and community awareness, screening for dementia, screening for HIV-associated dementia, utilization of health care systems and other dementia-related resources by patients, and services to dementia caregivers. This scoping review sheds light on important contributions of CHWs in addressing dementia among vulnerable communities/groups around the world.
AB - The current increase in global dementia prevalence deserves public health intervention. While limited access to health care and a shortage of health care workers are significant shortcomings, utilizing community health workers (CHWs) could be a promising way to improve dementia care through cost-effective approaches. This scoping review synthesizes existing research on roles of CHWs in dementia-related services. PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, CABI Global Health, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library were searched from inception to October 2, 2019, and yielded 1,594 articles. Five broad areas emerged as potential roles of CHWs from 10 eligible articles: educational and community awareness, screening for dementia, screening for HIV-associated dementia, utilization of health care systems and other dementia-related resources by patients, and services to dementia caregivers. This scoping review sheds light on important contributions of CHWs in addressing dementia among vulnerable communities/groups around the world.
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - cognitive function
KW - cognitive impairment
KW - community health workers
KW - dementia
KW - scoping review
KW - task-shifting
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U2 - 10.1177/07334648211001190
DO - 10.1177/07334648211001190
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33736506
AN - SCOPUS:85102750232
SN - 0733-4648
VL - 40
SP - 1881
EP - 1892
JO - Journal of Applied Gerontology
JF - Journal of Applied Gerontology
IS - 12
ER -