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 ...

Recent research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found a community health worker model currently implemented at the health system can be adapted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Public health after the COVID-19 pandemic must transform into a more effective force for improving health, especially in those marginalized communities that are at highest risk. Lessons from the ...

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.

In Morocco, despite significant progress, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high, especially in rural areas. In 2018, there were 111 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in rural areas ...

The NHS is sending health workers door-to-door to help detect illnesses before emergency care is needed. Community health and well-being workers are already deployed in 12 areas in England, with ...

Garrett Clark (left) puts his arm around his sister, Shantel, minutes after she was released from the Sanpete County Jail in rural Utah in December. Cheryl Swapp (second from right) helps smooth ...