Community health aide/Definition

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Community health aide [r]: Persons with strong local knowledge and cultural competency, trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services, or, in less developed countries, providing services (e.g., as "barefoot doctors" in China); often combine knowledge of medical and traditional healing