If you’re a CHW, at some point in life, you may have learned how to care for others’ needs before your own. Our lived experiences make us experts on being in service of other people. But, sometimes we become...

CHWs Take the Charge: Empowering CHWs to Lead in the United States   1.CHWs: A Growing Field  The Community Health Worker field is growing as CHWs are becoming recognized as an essential need in healthcare systems. CHW interventions influence...

Community Health Education Workers by By: Regan Kelso “Ms. Kelso, we have Cameron here in the nurse’s office saying that his stomach and throat hurt for the third time this week. Would you like to talk to him?” I knew...

What Community Health Workers Make Possible in Supporting Older Adults By Arkers Kwan Ching Wong Older adults are often told to “age in place,” stay active, and manage their health independently. These are important goals, but for many older adults...

The Center for Health Equity has launched a dynamic CHW Resource hub designed to freely and effectively disseminate resources, upcoming events, comprehensive trainings, and exemplary best practices throughout the CHW Network, Health Equity Collective, statewide and nationally. It serves as a centralized repository,...

In partnership with the City of Houston Health Department, the Health Equity Collective launched an initiative to strengthen the region’s Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce in 2022. The Health Equity Collective (the Collective) is a systems coalition of over...