The role of the community health worker is expanding in U.S. health care, with growing evidence suggesting these public health professionals can help reduce disparities in marginalized communities.

Increasingly, states are adopting Section 1115 waivers that allow Medicaid to address health-related social needs (HRSN) such as food insecurity, housing instability, and lack of transportation. Ten ...

Mozambique more than doubled its workforce of trained and active community health workers – from 3,380 in 2018 to 8,300 in 2022 The number of technical health staff assigned to primary care services ...

With a law taking effect next month that requires the state Medicaid program and some private health plans to provide reimbursement for services provided by community health workers, supporters of the ...