This spring, Central Oregon Community College’s Madras campus will offer introductory training for the first time for people who want to become community health workers. It’s the first step toward ...

Community health workers are public health workers. Their goal is to connect communities with their health care systems and state health departments. Community health worker (CHW) is an umbrella term ...

Community health workers don’t provide clinical care, but serve as liaisons between the health system and their communities. Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of ...

Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of public health: doing outreach and education, connecting people with services and addressing barriers to getting care. A ...

Western Nevada College Continuing Education is launching an eight-week Community Health Worker training program beginning Oct. 1. The program provides a low-barrier entry point into the healthcare ...

Local nonprofit ConnectionHealth was recently awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand their ...

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 ...

With health care coverage and cuts on the mind of the average American, it’s a continuing workforce shortage that should concern New Yorkers, with unfilled positions straining services from the North ...

For those seeking to explore a career as a community health worker or promotores, the Yolo County Office of Education is launching a free health worker certification program this summer. The program ...