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 ...

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, ...

Community health workers (CHWs) have been garnering greater visibility in recent years as the field has placed heightened attention toward the role of social determinants of health in reducing health ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon Community College’s public health discipline will begin offering a one-year certificate in community health this fall, the first of its kind in the state, ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) is encouraging people to apply for Community Health Worker certification. This is part of an effort to increase ...

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, ...

Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of public health: doing outreach and education, connecting people with services and addressing barriers to getting care. A ...

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 ...

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 ...