Community health workers are on the frontlines of public health. These trusted individuals know their communities, which enable them to connect people to the various health and social services ...

NEW YORK — A nurse supervisor at Montefiore Comprehensive Health Care Center in the Bronx was delivering her start-of-shift updates and mantras — “Covid is not finished with us … clean, clean, clean!” ...

At Cedars-Sinai Health System, community health workers are addressing patients' social drivers of health and impacting key metrics such as readmissions. Cedars-Sinai Health System is generating ...

Community health workers (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers who often function as liaisons or intermediaries between health and social services and the community. Their activities can ...

West Philadelphia resident Phyllis Carter (left) takes a walk with her community health worker through the neighborhood. (Courtesy of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers) About a decade ago, ...

Community health workers are often unsung heroes who help people in need to navigate the complex health care system or find solutions to other aspects of life that impact health like housing and jobs.

For decades community health workers have helped people from underserved communities navigate their way through the health care system. These workers, many of whom work or volunteer with community ...

SPRINGDALE -- If health is impacted in part by social circumstances, then Northwest Arkansas needs a health workforce that reflects that reality, regional health leaders said at the NWA Health Summit ...

Public health experts Raj Panjabi and Niranjan Bose explain how community health workers have been essential for countries that have successfully responded to crisis and kept primary health services ...

As a community health worker and executive director of the National Association of Community Health Workers, I’ve spent the past year gathering insights about the mental and emotional challenges for ...

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