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 ...

NEW YORK — A nurse supervisor at Montefiore Comprehensive Health Care Center in the Bronx was delivering her start-of-shift updates and mantras — “Covid is not finished with us … clean, clean, clean!” ...

A community health and wellness event in Baton Rouge brought together residents, healthcare professionals, and community ...

It has long been understood that many factors beyond health care actually influence health. Social and economic determinants of health include income, education, physical environment, social isolation ...

A crisis in youth mental health.That's what's being described by experts at today's Youth Mental Health Summit in South ...

This paper aims to bring clarity to the conceptual confusion between community and population health, which currently impacts progress in both research and clinical practice. Community and population ...

Have you ever felt alone in the world? Isolated? If you have, can you think back to the state of your mental health at that time? Now, try to think of a time when you had a strong support ...

Public health practitioners play an integral role in every community. Whether you’re a graduate student, practicing professional or aspiring public health worker, you may benefit from formal public ...

Community pharmacy, also known as retail pharmacy, is the most common type of pharmacy that allows the public access to their medications and advice about their health. Traditionally known as a ...

One Health approaches recognize the links between the environment, animals, and human disease, but these approaches are successful only with bottom-up community engagement, education, and ...

A local nonprofit has begun offering free clinics to screen vulnerable populations for potentially life-threatening ...