Publications
News articles and blogs
Imperial NIHR Transforming Health and Social Care Nationwide
British Journal of General Practice: Community health and wellbeing workers: An off-the-peg solution for improving health and care in England – BJGP Life
New Local article “I’d like them for all my patients”: The community members transforming a GP practice – New Local
Pulse PCN How this PCN… brought in a health model from Brazil – Pulse Today
BBC What the NHS is learning from Brazil – BBC News
GP online Scheme from Brazil helps address health inequalities in London practice | GPonline
Independent Nurse Independent Nurse – Taking general practice to the heart of the community
NIHR https://www.arc-nwl.nihr.ac.uk/news/putting-community-health-workers-at-the-heart-of-primary-care
Academic publications
- Year One Evaluation of the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker initiative in Westminster (July 2023)
- Measuring the impact of the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker initiative in Westminster on immunisation, screening, NHS Health Check uptake, and GP consultation rates
- Demographic data and outcome measures analysis for the CHWW project in Cornwall – Year One (July 2024)
- Learning from the universal, proactive outreach of the Brazilian Community Health Worker model – Dr Cornelia Junghans , Dr Grazia Antonacci, Alison Williams and Dr Matthew Harris (2023)
- The CHWW initiative was mentioned in the Fuller Report on the Future of Primary care as a best practice example published in 2022: (page 8)
- Measuring the impact of the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker initiative in Westminster on immunisation, screening, NHS Health Check uptake, and GP consultation rates (2022)
- CHWW evaluation on a page (2022)
- Year One evaluation of CHWW pilot_Westminster_
- Integrating a nationally scaled workforce of community health workers in primary care, a modelling study – Dr Benedict Hayhoe et al (2018)
- Development of a composite outcome score for a complex intervention – measuring the impact of Community Health Workers- Watt et al (2015)
- Impact of primary health care on mortality from heart and cerebrovascular diseases in Brazil, a nationwide analysis of longitudinal data – Dr Davide Rasella et al (2014)
- Integrating primary care and public health, learning from the Brazilian way – Dr Matthew Harris (2011)
- Evaluating the impact of Community-based health interventions, Evidence from Brazil’s Family Health Program – Dr Romero Rocha and Dr Rodrigo Soares (2010)
Podcasts
NAPC Podcast – Episode 1 – Hear from Dr Nav Chana and Dr Matthew Harris about the principles that make the CHWW programme so special – https://soundcloud.com/user-227914318/community-health-and-wellbeing-workers
NAPC Podcast – Episode 2 – Hear from Dr Nav Chana and Dr Matthew Harris about the implementation of the Brazilian model in Westminster – https://napc.co.uk/community-health-and-wellbeing-workers-episode-2/
NAPC Podcast – Episode 3 – Hear from the CHWWs from the pilot.- https://napc.co.uk/community-health-and-wellbeing-workers-episode-3/.
NAPC Podcast – CHWWs in Cornwall – https://napc.co.uk/community-health-and-wellbeing-workers-in-cornwall-podcast/
Podcast – Disclaimer for Disney/Lucasfil–Community, Health and Capital @ 19 Hills – Apple Podcasts
Podcast – The community worker scheme from Brazil that could be part of the 10-Year Health Plan
