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 (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 ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas law that is set to take effect next month is promising to help improve rural health disparities. Act 435, The Community Health Workers Act does two things: Creates a ...

Walae Hayek of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Lissette Blondet of the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers, and Suzanne Curry of Health Care For All testified on ...

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.

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Farmworkers and community members in the Imperial Valley are invited to attend a free health information event later this week. Comité de Acción del Valle Inc. is hosting a community health talk ...