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Community health workers in COVID-19 response programs exhibit distinct, identifiable patterns of core roles and responsibilities. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Identify and evaluate patterns of core roles and responsibilities among community health workers serving in the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities program.

September 1, 2026

Examining Patterns of Community Health Worker Core Roles Within the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Program: A Latent Class Analysis.

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KSKatie C Stalker NWNoelle WigginsArjowiggins (France)FMFlavio MarsigliaArizona State University

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Latent class analysis reveals distinct patterns of core roles among community health workers in pandemic response, highlighting strategies for resilient workforce deployment.

Key Points

Identify and evaluate patterns of core roles and responsibilities among community health workers serving in the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities program.
Applied latent class analysis to identify distinct subgroups and categorization of core occupational functions among community health workers.
Evaluated workforce role profiles implemented across participating sites in the COVID-19 response initiative.
Latent class modeling categorized community health worker activities into distinct functional role configurations during public health response efforts.
Profile distributions reflected specialized allocations between clinical navigation, health education, and community-level social support services.

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Stalker et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9691257a497a6ca291f2ae https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2026.308655

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Latent class analysis reveals distinct patterns of core roles among community health workers in pandemic response, highlighting strategies for resilient workforce deployment.

Examining Patterns of Community Health Worker Core Roles Within the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Program: A Latent Class Analysis.

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