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Patient navigators help patients overcome barriers to healthcare. Roles for patient navigators vary depending on the institutional setting. Professional requirements for navigators also vary, with some navigator programs drawing upon lay health/community health educators and other programs utilizing health and social service professionals. Evidence of the efficacy of patient navigators in impacting health outcomes, especially in medically underserved populations, is growing.
Non-Profit
Harold P Freeman Patient Navigation Institute C-Change - Provides resources and a patient navigation toolkit
Patient Navigation Research Program- National Cancer Institute, Center to Reduce Health Disparities
University of Colorado Cancer Center - Patient Navigator training
Northwest Tribal Cancer Navigator Project- Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Government Agencies and Regulations
Breast Health Patient Navigator Program- Healthcare Association of New York State
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Provides a variety of resources (Powerpoint presentations, Reports) on their patient navigation efforts and research programs.
The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005 - Became United States Public Law 109-18 in 2005
Cancer Patient Navigation Program- Cancer Care Nova Scotia
Articles and Other Resources Pfizer's Patient Navigation in Cancer Care - Provides patient navigation tool kits, resources, and an opportunity to join a navigator directory.
The American Public Health Association offered several sessions related to patient navigation at a recent conference. Materials and links can be found by searching for 'patient navigation.'
Patient Navigator Program Overview- The Institute for Alternative Futures published a 2007 overview of patient navigation programs.
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program's report Patient Navigation: Existing Programs, Current Practices, and Guidelines for Success - Prepared for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Health and Recovery Services Administration and published in 2007. Provides a literature review and annotated bibliography.
Patient Navigation in Cancer Care- A detailed 2005 report from the Sociobehavioural Research Center, BC Cancer Agency
Patient Navigation in American Indian communities- A 2008 report discussing the results of an initiative in Rapid City, South Dakota.
"Reducing Disparities in the Burden of Cancer: The Role of Patient Navigators" from the Health in Action section of PLoS Medicine
Listserv's and Current Awareness
Bringing Health Information to the Community - This blog focuses on health care information for underserved communities and frequently has information regarding patient navigation.
PubMed Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Use one or more of these terms when searching the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database of biomedical literature:
Patient advocacy, Health personnel, Patient participation, Preventive health services, Health promotion
