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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Health Promot Pract. 2018 Jan 24;19(3):349–360. doi: 10.1177/1524839918754868

Table 3.

Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Roles Identified in Included Studies

C3 Role Balcazar 2005 de Heer 2015 Earp 1997 Felix 2011 Ingram 2005 Ingram 2007 Johnson 2014 Lemak 2004 Peretz 2012 Redding 2015 Wennerstrom 2015 Total
Building Individual and Community Capacity x 1
Providing Direct Service x 1
Cultural Mediation among Individuals, Communities, and Health and Social Service Systems x x 2
Implementing Individual and Community Assessments x x x 3
Providing Coaching and Social Support x x x x 4
Conducting Outreach x x x x x x 6
Advocating for Individuals and Communities x x x x x x 6
Providing Culturally Appropriate Health Education and Information x x x x x x x 7
Participating in Evaluation and Research x x x x x x x x x 9
Care Coordination, Case Management, and System Navigation x x x x x x x x x x 10
Total 6 4 6 3 6 5 2 3 5 2 7