Reducing the barriers to care inside the US public health system is not a small job. The costs are prohibitive, the workers are burned out, and deep-seated inequities keep too many from accessing care ...

At Cedars-Sinai Health System, community health workers are addressing patients' social drivers of health and impacting key metrics such as readmissions. Cedars-Sinai Health System is generating ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

To optimize the potential of community health workers and peer support specialists in addressing syndemic health crises, we propose several strategic recommendations. Public health crises often ...

Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for ...