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Quick Guide to the California Community Health Worker Core Competencies

Quick Guide to the California Community Health Worker Core Competencies

Community health workers (CHWs) have been working in California for years. CHWs, as well as promotores, community health representatives (CHRs) and other health promoters, help people in marginalized communities find food and insurance and manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. They are major doers for people living in California who need a …

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CHW roles in a multidisciplinary team

5 Ways to Boost your multidisciplinary team with Community Health Workers

Just five years ago, most healthcare centers and providers across the US had no idea what a community health worker (CHW) did—never mind how they might fit in with a larger multidisciplinary healthcare team. Then the coronavirus arrived, the health of millions changed, and CHW advocates everywhere jumped at the chance to rebuild their client …

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