Manti, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on a dusty hill just outside this small, rural town where he grew up.

Kayla Fogle and Lysaih Rice, community health workers with the Jefferson County General Health District, have been fully ...

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 ...

Community health workers are often unsung heroes who help people in need to navigate the complex health care system or find solutions to other aspects of life that impact health like housing and jobs.

Bucking the norm, New York City-based Montefiore has opted to directly employ and embed community health workers within its clinical teams to connect patients with social services as part of broader ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — An evidence-based community health worker program was recently launched in Missoula, made possible by a $1.8 million grant from the CDC. Partnership Health Center, All Nations Health ...

This program aims to train individuals to become community health workers to reduce health disparities that negatively impact communities. "It is to train community health workers to fill in the gap ...

Before Mohammed Chowdhury met a community health worker in New York City, the security guard struggled to manage his diabetes and high blood pressure. That changed when he started to work with Mamnun ...

Potts Family Foundation and Qadosh Health and Wellness launch a free six-month wellness program to support frontline social workers in Oklahoma County.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Community health workers serve vulnerable populations on ...

Millie Landock, Lead Community Health Worker at Project Access New Haven, talks to a client on the phone while doing outreach to connect residents to health providers and social services. Credit: Cloe ...