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 ...

Kelly Engebretson was excited to get fitted for a prosthetic after having part of his leg amputated. But he wasn’t sure how he’d get to the appointment. Nah Thu Thu Win’s twin sons needed vaccinations ...

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 ...

Pear Suite, an EHR and care navigation platform for community health workers, has teamed up with Instacart to expand access to healthy foods. The collaboration will enable thousands of community ...

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.

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Latino patients who participated in monthly community health worker sessions had less interdialytic weight gain.