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 ...

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 are uniquely suited to help underresourced communities navigate structural barriers and mitigate the ...

Ohio University is offering a Community Health Worker Training Program at its Lancaster campus, starting Jan. 12 and running through May 2. The program, hosted by the Alliance for Population Health, ...

The saying “not all heroes wear capes” is certainly true with community health workers. A community health worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker with lived experience and local knowledge, ...

Community health workers were integrated into primary care to deliver age-friendly care services to rural older adults. Initial results indicated a reduction in hospitalizations, with positive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio University and Cross Over Community Development recently graduated a class of Community Health Workers in Dayton, aiming to ...

Michigan’s announcement of $173 million in federal funding to strengthen rural health care is more than a budget headline – it’s a powerful affirmation of what the state has long understood: strong ...

AHEC, have any idea what that acronym stands for? Neither did I, but when I got the gist of it, I realized that it offers opportunities for folks that might just open doors along the way. It is the ...

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