Ohio University is offering a Community Health Worker Training Program at its Lancaster campus, starting Jan. 12 and running through May 2. The program, hosted by the Alliance for Population Health, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — One local college is doing its part to fill the growing need for healthcare workers. Kettering College is welcoming students from underserved communities to become Community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio University and Cross Over Community Development recently graduated a class of Community Health Workers in Dayton, aiming to ...

One of the fastest growing, most in-demand roles in health care today is one many people have never heard of: Community health worker or CHW. A community health worker’s role can best be described as ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Community College has been awarded a $2.9 million grant over three years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will be used to help ...

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 ...