To become a Certified Health Education Specialist, you need to earn a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in health education, public health or a related field and then pass the CHES® certification exam ...

A CHW works within a community as a frontline agent of change, helping people navigate the healthcare system, incorporate health behavior change into their lives, and work toward overall health and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Biden administration is directing $226.5 million in American Rescue Plan funding toward a new multiyear training program for community health workers and health support workers, the U.S.

Public health crises often converge, creating syndemics that exacerbate their collective impact. The intersecting challenges of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and opioid overdoses illustrate this phenomenon, ...

The Community Health and Human Services (CHHS) undergraduate program offers two concentrations that provide distinct pathways to professional training. Health Promotion and Education (HPE) is designed ...

The UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, in partnership with Live HealthSmart Alabama, has established a new elective course to improve community health curriculum for first- and second- ...

With health care coverage and cuts on the mind of the average American, it’s a continuing workforce shortage that should ...

Rosa Fernandez, urban director of the Central Mass Area Health Education Centers, talked about her long career in community health.