Both curricular programs and their associated assessment systems can draw on the theoretical framework of Self-Determination Theory, for which strong empirical research support exists, across patient and professional health education applications [ 22].
While skeptical investors play down the usefulness of research by industry analysts, strong research provides both support for a company's stock and a set of benchmarks against which its performance can be judged.
There is now strong research evidence to support the positive impact of Advanced Practice Nurses working in LTC settings [ 8].
HTW had strong mentorship and research support from senior co-investigators in Kenya (EAB, KEA) and in the US (BLH, CRC, CLA).
The strongest clinical research supporting this association includes four retrospective studies (n = 481) in the management of severe asthma [ 15].
It is a cause for concern that CHW programs continue to proliferate, go to scale, and grow in the absence of routine monitoring information and strong research evidence on what support activities, or combination of activities, work best.
As long as they continue to work in isolation, they will not build a critical mass or the synergy required to support strong research teams that could take advantage of continuously emerging opportunities for capacity strengthening [ 6].
