Community Workers Lend Human Connection To COVID-19 Response

Rob Waters

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00836

Community Workers Lend Human Connection To COVID-19 Response

Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Jul;39(7):1112-1117. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00836.

Author

Rob Waters¹

Affiliation

¹ This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Rob Waters (robwaters2@gmail.com) is an independent writer in Oakland, California, who writes about health and science and has contributed to Kaiser Health News, STAT, Mother Jones, and Psychotherapy Networker, among other publications.

PMID: 32634347
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00836

Abstract

Systems are investing in workers who come from the communities they serve to meet patient needs that extend well beyond clinic walls.

Keywords: COVID-19; Clinics; Community health workers; Coronavirus; Health policy; Health professionals; Health transformation; Low income; Mental health; Organization of care; Pandemics; Prevention; Public health; Social determinants of health; Systems of care.

Publication types

News

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Community Health Workers / organization & administration*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Disease Management
Female
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication*
Male
Narration*
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Philadelphia
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Program Development
Program Evaluation