TABLE 1—
Community Health Worker Titles in Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities Research Projects: Seattle, WA, April 2014
| CHW Functional Job Titles | CHWs With This Title (n = 54),a No. (%)b | Projects That Use This Title for CHWs (n = 18), No. (%)c | Corresponding CHW Human Resources Job Titles |
| Research assistant | 15 (27.8) | 2 (11.1) | Social research assistant |
| Youth advocate | 15 (27.8) | 1 (5.6) | Youth advocate |
| CHW | 12 (22.2) | 5 (27.8) | Health care research assistant 1 Outreach worker Project coordinator |
| Promotor or promotora | 6 (11.1) | 3 (16.7) |
Promotor or promotora Research project interviewer |
| Patient navigator | 6 (11.1) | 2 (11.1) | Patient navigators |
| Community health educator | 4 (7.4) | 4 (22.2) | Community health educator CHW Health care research specialist Program assistant |
| Health counselor | 4 (7.4) | 1 (5.6) | Social research assistant |
| Community health advocate | 3 (5.6) | 1 (5.6) | Community health advocate |
| Phone coach | 2 (3.7) | 1 (5.6) | Social research assistant |
| Community supervisor | 1 (1.9) | 1 (5.6) | Community supervisor |
Note. CHW = community health worker; CPHHD = Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities.
a
Total number of CHWs on CPHHD research projects is 54.
b
Totals more than 100% as 11 CHWs held multiple titles on 1 or more CPHHD research projects.
c
Totals more than 100% as CPHHD research projects employed CHWs who held multiple titles on a single project.