"After losing five people due to COVID, I wanted to encourage others and be a change agent”. Chris “Champ” Napier recently obtained his...

Tiktok is a relatively new social media platform that has gained a ton of popularity over the last few years. You are either on Tiktok or...

Michigan 211 is an information and referral hotline that connects Michiganders to different resources in their counties. Shannon Benjamin...

Recovery from substance use disorder is challenging. Access to healthcare, safe and affordable housing, support systems, and more act as...

Members of the LGBTQ+ community face health disparities caused by discrimination and social stigma. But Community Health Workers (CHWs)...

Wendy Bailey, CCHW, CCP, has been a Certified Community Health Worker since April 2021. Before starting as a CCHW, Bailey worked as a...

The positive impact of Community Health Workers (CHWs) has become clearer in the last decade. As CHWs join more diverse workspaces,...

In the world of public and community health, there are services and opportunities galore. But often, these services are siloed. Clinical...

Walmart is known for providing reduced-cost goods and services across the United States. But in recent years, the company has grown to...

Motivation can be hard to maintain, especially for CHWs. These strategies can help. Motivation keeps us moving. But motivation can be...

Alfredia Dysart-Drake didn’t get her start in healthcare. “I graduated from the University of Michigan, and I was in radio broadcasting...

Community Health Workers (CHWs) have more than 150 job titles, 25 recognized roles, and 10 sub-roles. But despite working with many...

Community Health Workers (CHWs) support members of their communities from different backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and other...

“I used to do health education for indigenous individuals there. I did eye care education, eyeglass fittings, things of that nature. We...

“I was a nursing facility transition specialist. So it was my job to help patients leave the nursing home and get back to their home,”...

The socio-ecological model, or social-ecological model, is a public health framework that considers multiple factors which impact health....

Telehealth is "the delivery and facilitation of health and health-related services including medical care, provider and patient...

Social determinants of health, or SDOH, "are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship,...

You've identified a health need in your community. You've researched best practices and public health models and methods to address that...