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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pulaski Memorial Hospital announced in a press release the addition of Lisa Jachim, Community Health Worker to its Integrated ...

As lead community health worker and critical case manager with Yale's Transitions Clinic, Monya Saunders connects people recently released from prison with healthcare and social services. She also ...

Implementation of the Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets (IMPaCT) program, delivered remotely through a standardized community health worker (CHW) intervention within an integrated ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Fortina Hernández is called “the one who knows it all.” For more than two decades, the community health worker has ...

A newly published report developed by a group of partners, including Sanofi, shines a light on the far-reaching impacts of well-funded community health worker (CHW) programs. CHWs are public health ...

The program didn’t have a big impact on BP, but there were lessons for future attempts to address these health disparities.

Nolga Valadez knows that her work for Three Square, which provides food to those in need, consists of more than offering sustenance. After a course in bilingual community health worker training, ...

Lourdes Bernis, a community health worker who teaches about depression and anxiety, leads a discussion on Latino health issues during a neighborhood association meeting. The state has eliminated an ...