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 ...
Oklahoma’s health department is promoting community health workers who assist residents with accessing healthcare and social services, improving mental and physical health, and addressing local needs.
Winnipesaukee Mobile Health, a program piloted by the city’s fire department, Partnership for Public Health and Concord Hospital, has already made a significant impact. Now, they’ve got data ...
Regina Gully knows what it’s like to need help and not know where to turn. Now, as a community health worker with Trinity Health, she spends her days making sure others don’t have to feel that way.
Efforts to improve dementia care in primary care settings may benefit from additional support for patients and caregivers, ...
This reporting series from Planet Detroit examines the growing role of community health workers (CHWs) in Michigan — trusted professionals who assist residents in navigating housing, food access, ...
The World Health Organization considers climate change to be among the greatest threats to global public health in the 21st century. Leading health authorities urge the health care sector to directly ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - SENT, Inc., along with many other community partners, launched a new program to help inmates re-enter society and strengthen community health. The Community Health Worker (CHW) ...
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 17, 2019, a community health worker prepares to vaccinate children against measles outside of Kuajok, South Sudan. As South Sudan emerges from a five-year civil ...
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recognising the contributions of its 262 social workers as ...