community health workers

Preferred Label : community health workers;

MeSH definition : Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.;

MeSH synonym : health aide, community; aide, community health; community health aide; aides, community health; health aides, community; community health worker; health worker, community; health workers, community; worker, community health; workers, community health; community health aides;

CISMeF synonym : community worker; worker, community; community workers; workers, community;

MeSH hyponym : village health workers; barefoot doctors; family planning personnel; Personnel, Family Planning; Planning Personnel, Family; Health Worker, Village; Health Workers, Village; Worker, Village Health; Workers, Village Health; Village Health Worker; Barefoot Doctor; Doctor, Barefoot; Doctors, Barefoot;

Related MeSH term : family planning personnel characteristics;

MeSH annotation : IM;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot doctor;

Details

Origin ID

D003150;

UMLS CUI

C0009467;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- barefoot doctors [MeSH concept]
- community health workers [MeSH concept]
- family planning personnel [MeSH concept]
- family planning personnel characteristics [MeSH concept]
- village health workers [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- community medicine [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]

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