The role of the community health worker is expanding in U.S. health care, with growing evidence suggesting these public health professionals can help reduce disparities in marginalized communities.

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

BALTIMORE -- Donnie Missouri, 58, doesn't have medical training. He started his health career in the linens department in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Now, he works on the front lines -- one of the ...

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 ...

In places like rural El Paso, Texas, community health workers (CHWs) help thousands of underserved individuals obtain the food, housing and medical services they need to survive. They speak the same ...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WCYB) — Mountain Empire Community College is set to launch Virginia's first fully online Community Health Worker program this fall, offering a one-semester course designed to train ...

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.

Youth from Fresno’s Punjabi Sikh community perform a traditional dance at a May, 2023, event organized by the Jakara Movement at Jaswant Singh Khalra Park in Fresno. The park is named after a Sikh ...