NEW YORK — A nurse supervisor at Montefiore Comprehensive Health Care Center in the Bronx was delivering her start-of-shift updates and mantras — “Covid is not finished with us … clean, clean, clean!” ...

In the U.S., where many minority populations have deeply rooted distrust of the medical system due to historical and ongoing barriers to high-quality care, it can be helpful when trained members of ...

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College is launching a second session of its Community Health Worker Training Program following the successful completion of the program’s inaugural cohort this ...

Community health workers, often referred to as uncles and aunties, provide essential guidance and support that formal health professionals may not offer. Need help navigating WIC? “Call Auntie; she ...

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 ...

Medicaid programs are leveraging community health workers (CHWs) to improve patient navigation, quality of care, and cultural competency, a Manatt Health newsletter found. “The use of CHWs increased ...

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a need to strengthen the US public health system by shifting toward much greater community engagement and leadership. In November and December 2023, we conducted ...

This story has been updated. The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill — later approved by the Senate — that included a last minute amendment that, among other measures, taps ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

Somalia’s health system stands at one of the most precarious junctures in global public health, and a new analysis published ...

This program provides practical training for those interested in working as frontline public health professionals.