Community health worker support for Hispanic and Latino individuals receiving hemodialysis

JAMA Internal Medicine

2025-11-08

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial, a culturally tailored community health worker intervention modestly lowered interdialytic weight gain and improved dialysis adherence and patient activation among Hispanic and Latino patients with hemodialysis-dependent kidney failure.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Lilia Cervantes, MD, MSc, email lilia.cervantes@cuanschutz.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5305)

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