A pilot program in rural Oregon engaging community health workers in primary care shows a positive impact on patient ...

Community health workers help people understand medical instructions, keep appointments and address social stressors. As a result, they reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital ...

Community health workers step in before a crisis, helping our neighbors stay on track, stay healthy and stay out of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Joyce Calamese put off scheduling a routine preventive medical procedure for more than a decade until an Ohio State ...

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.

Workers plan informational pickets at seven area Community Health Care centers in response to stalled contract talks. Nearly ...

Shanon Seymore had given up. Diagnosed with a rare bleeding disorder called von Willebrand disease, she was in constant pain, unable to work, and on the verge of eviction from her Pontiac home.