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 ...

Interventions that address socioeconomic determinants of health are receiving considerable attention from policy makers and health care executives. The interest is fueled in part by expected returns ...

Vidal-Duart explains, “These numbers are about recognizing a system gap: that healthcare access before arrival often determines the public health outcomes afterward. Once they are here, we have a ...

Memo from Ellen-Marie Whelan looks at community health centers and their potential to deliver jobs and economic growth. Community health centers across our country have a 45-year history of providing ...

Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year End Giving Guide. The availability of accessible health care has long been a challenge for residents of racially diverse communities. Not only ...

The San Pablo Avenue Corridor extends about a mile north of downtown Oakland, California. Like many other low-income neighborhoods and communities of color across the United States—including Detroit, ...