Community health careers can take on many titles: outreach worker, lay health advocate, peer mentor and patient care coordinator, to name a few. These professionals inhabit several roles in the ...

Jobs in public health education include health education specialist, community health worker and school teacher. Some in this field, like nurse educators, focus on training other care providers.

The mandate is clear: Champion community anchors, fund them as essential infrastructure and partner with them to innovate.

The importance of education in community health cannot be overstated. When people understand how their actions affect their health, they’re more likely to adopt preventive measures.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is holding a hearing Thursday on community health centers and health care deserts. Community health centers can fill in gaps ...

Health care workers and community organizations in Rochester joined thousands of working families across the country in a ...

Dr. Carlos Lezcano is precisely where he wants to be. The recent FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine graduate has joined ...

By contrast, the Community Health Worker Institute at Montefiore, begun in 2021, incorporates CHWs directly into the Montefiore Health System and is building a pipeline to sustain and advance ...

Maternal and child health (MCH) is a broad field of public health that began by focusing on the health of women, infants, and children. MCH has expanded over the years, and today MCH populations ...

About the Health Educator Certification Program Overview The health educator certification program is a well-rounded, online program that prepares graduates to teach health education to grades K-12 in ...

Amanda De Anda and Triniti Stone talk about putting on the health fair through the Community Health Worker certificate program Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at Evolution Academy Charter School in ...