Feasibility of community health workers as teleaudiology patient-site facilitators: a multilevel training study.
We evaluated the feasibility of a multi-level teleaudiology patient-site facilitator training program for Community Health Workers (CHWs) at a partnering health centre in southern Arizona. Three levels were offered: Introductory, with basic information on hearing loss and teleaudiology; Intermediate...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 60; no. 9; pp. 663 - 677 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2021
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