The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is working to grow the health care workforce. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...

How Much Does a Community Health Worker Make? Community Health Workers made a median salary of $48,200 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $60,740 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $40,490.

Essentia Health knows that health care goes beyond the walls of its hospitals and clinics. That’s why the health system employs the expertise of community health workers (CHWs). These professionals ...

The local health department is creating online training for community health workers who work with refugees and immigrants, ...

Upon completion of the program, Valdez obtained her certification as a community health worker. “That opened up more doors for me,” she said. “I now can practice in the field while I work to obtain my ...

More than two dozen health care organizations are urging Colorado lawmakers debating the budget to spare a program that they ...

As New Mexico's measles outbreak continues, local nonprofits are grappling with the fallout of federal funding cuts, and the ...

Saving lives is the impetus behind a community outreach and engagement breast cancer screening program led by UConn Health, based in Farmington, Conn.

has spent his career analyzing data to understand health disparities. Now he’s equipping community-based health organizations with the same tools and methods to tackle them head-on. Through ...

Please try not to laugh. Each community health worker is assigned a “micro-area” of between 120 and 150 households. They visit every household once a month, specifically in areas of high ...

The state and county health departments across Utah are cutting staff, which will mean fewer epidemiologists tracking disease and community workers connecting residents to care.

More than two dozen health care organizations are urging Colorado lawmakers debating the budget to spare a program that they ...