A pilot program in rural Oregon engaging community health workers in primary care shows a positive impact on patient ...

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 ...

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.

HOSPITAL, OR EVEN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, YOU’RE OFTEN ASKED TO FILL OUT A SURVEY ABOUT YOUR WELL-BEING. A LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS PROUD OF THE WAY THEY FOLLOW UP. THEY BELIEVE THEIR HUMAN CONNECTIONS ARE ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas law that is set to take effect next month is promising to help improve rural health disparities. Act 435, The Community Health Workers Act does two things: Creates a ...

At apparel manufacturer American Roots in Westbrook, Maine, staff and community volunteers are trying to protect immigrant workers by standing watch as they arrive and leave for the day.

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.

A crew of 10, many sporting bright orange National Day Laborer Organizing Network T-shirts, funneled out of a Mexican restaurant on the edge of the Eaton burn scar. Four months — to the day — after ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A group of friends said they felt inspired to serve lunch to the Saratoga Race Course backstretch workers after getting a tour of the inner workings. They said they ...

We must create systems of open dialogue between Stanford affiliates from a broad range of backgrounds, departments and career stages. To defend our community and its values and break the silence ...