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Table 4. Activities By Navigator Discipline by Percentage of Population Residing in Poverty

(N=850 survey respondents) High Poverty

Tertile (≥20% of population

resides in poverty)

N=167

Moderate Poverty

Tertile (12-19.9% of

population resides in

poverty) N=158

Low Poverty Tertile (< 12% of population

resides in poverty)

N=496

PR> χ 2

Offer Navigation Services in a Language Other than English.

Nurse

(N=283) No 37 (84.2%) 25 (64.1%) 166 (76.5%)

0.0973

Yes 7 (15.9%) 14 (36.5%) 51(23.5%)

MSW/ other professional (N=256)

No 42 (70.0%) 41 (73.2%) 107 (65.6%)

0.5806

Yes 18 (30.0%) 15 (26.8%) 56 (34.4%)

Lay Navigator (N=239)

No 40 (63.5%) 47 (74.6%) 59 (47.8%)

0.0127

Yes 23 (36.5%) 16 (25.4%) 54 (52.2%)

within Tertile

PR > χ 2

^{0.0659 0.4901 <0.0001}

Identify Barriers to Care

Nurse

(N=283) No/Some Patients 2 ( 4.6%) 4 (10.3%) 31 (14.3%)

0.1872 Most/All Patients 42 (95.5%) 35 (89.7%) 186 (85.7%)

MSW/ other professional (N=256)

No/Some Patients 13 (21.7%) 9 (16.1%) 25 (15.3%)

0.5060 Most/All Patients 47 (78.3%) 47 (83.9%) 138 (84.7%)

Lay Navigator (N=239)

No/Some Patients 11 (17.5%) 4 (6.4%) 23 (20.4%)

0.0476 Most/All Patients 52 (82.5%) 59 (93.7%) 90 (79.7%)

within Tertile

PR > χ 2

^{0.0514 0.2308 0.3467}

Develop Plan of Action to Minimize Barriers to Care

Nurse (N=283)

No/Some Patients 7 (15.9%) 4 (10.3%) 41 (18.9%) 0.4148 Most/All Patients 37 (84.1%) 35 (89.7%) 176 (81.1%)

MSW/ other professional (N=256)

No/Some Patients 16 (26.7%) 10 (17.9%) 33 (20.3%) 0.4792 Most/All Patients 44 (73.3%) 46 (82.1%) 130 (79.8%)

Lay Navigator (N=239)

No/Some Patients 12 (19.1%) 6 ( 9.5%) 26 (23.0%) 0.0854 Most/All Patients 51(81.0%) 57 (90.5%) 87 (77.0%)

within Tertile

PR > χ 2

^{0.3686 0.3443 0.6776}

Arrange for other Agency Services

Nurse

(N=283) No/Some Patients 38 (86.4%) 31 (79.5%) 179 (82.5%)

0.7056 Most/All Patients 6 (13.6%) 8 (20.5%) 38 (17.5%)

MSW/ other professional (N=256)

No/Some Patients 49 (81.7%) 45 (80.4%) 114 (69.9%)

0.0993 Most/All Patients 11 (18.3%) 11 (19.6%) 49 (30.1%)

Lay Navigator (N=239)

No/Some Patients 42 (66.7%) 49 (77.8%) 84 (74.3%)

0.3466 Most/All Patients 21 (33.3%) 14 (22.2%) 29 (25.7%)

within Tertile

PR> χ 2

^{0.0341 0.9400 0.0141}

Arrange Services for treatment of Comorbid conditions

Nurse

(N=283) No/Some Patients 41 (93.2%) 36 (92.3%) 205 (94.5%)

0.8411 Most/All Patients 3 ( 6.8%) 3 ( 7.7%) 12 ( 5.5%)

MSW/ other professional (N=256)

No/Some Patients 50 (83.3%) 51 (91.1%) 138 (84.7%)

0.4008 Most/All Patients 10 (16.7%) 5 ( 8.9%) 25 (15.3%)

Lay Navigator (N=239)

No/Some Patients 53 (84.1%) 50 (79.4%) 106 (93.8%)

0.0140 Most/All Patients 10 (15.9%) 13 (20.6%) 7 ( 6.2%)

within Tertile

PR> χ 2

^{0.2939 0.0848 0.0021}

Nurse No/Some Patients 40 (90.91%) 37 (94.87%) 211 (97.24%) 0.1357

Table 4. Activities By Navigator Discipline by Percentage of Population Residing in Poverty

(N=850 survey respondents) High Poverty

Tertile (≥20% of population

resides in poverty)

N=167

Moderate Poverty

Tertile (12-19.9% of

population resides in

poverty) N=158

Low Poverty Tertile (< 12% of population

resides in poverty)

N=496

PR> χ 2

Arrange

Interpreter Most/All Patients 4 (9.09%) 2 (5.13%) 6 (2.76%)

MSW/ other professional (N=256)

No/Some Patients 55 (91.67%) 51 (91.07%) 145 (88.96%)

0.8150 Most/All Patients 5 (8.33%) 5 (8.93%) 18 (11.04%)

Lay Navigator (N=239)

No/Some Patients 58 (92.06%) 59 (93.65%) 99 (87.61%)

0.3722 Most/All Patients 5 (7.94%) 4 (6.35%) 14 (12.39%)

within Tertile

PR> χ 2

^{0.9776 0.7508 0.0012}