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To examine how organizational and environmental setting characteristics influence the roles and COVID-19 response activities of community health workers within the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities program.

September 1, 2026

The Impact of Setting Characteristics on Community Health Worker Roles and COVID-19 Activities: An Examination of the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Program.

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KSKatie C Stalker MBMary-Ellen BrownThe University of Texas at Austin NWNoelle WigginsArjowiggins (France)

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Program evaluation reveals variations in community health worker roles across organizational settings, highlighting the influence of local contexts on pandemic response activities.

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To examine how organizational and environmental setting characteristics influence the roles and COVID-19 response activities of community health workers within the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities program.
Analyzed implementation data from organizations participating in the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) initiative.
Assessed differences in community health worker roles, scopes of work, and targeted emergency activities across distinct organizational settings.
Setting characteristics significantly shaped the scope of practice and specific pandemic-related tasks assigned to community health workers.
Frontline response activities varied according to organizational context, affecting how community health workers delivered resources, outreach, and mitigation support.

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Stalker et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9691257a497a6ca291f2b2 https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2026.308660

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Program evaluation reveals variations in community health worker roles across organizational settings, highlighting the influence of local contexts on pandemic response activities.

The Impact of Setting Characteristics on Community Health Worker Roles and COVID-19 Activities: An Examination of the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities Program.

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