A doctor and patient at Neighborhood Healthcare, a network of nonprofit clinics in San Diego and Riverside counties. National Health Center Week officially kicked off on Sunday and allows ...

States can more effectively address health inequities by aligning and leveraging existing programs and resources. Specifically, there is a significant, underexplored opportunity to leverage ...

Community health needs assessments (CHNAs), also known as community health assessments, are state, tribal, territorial, or local health assessments that identify key health needs and issues through ...

Health equity means ensuring everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. However, factors outside of a person’s control can prevent them from achieving their best health. Examples of these ...

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 ...

Community health workers are public health workers. Their goal is to connect communities with their health care systems and state health departments. Community health worker (CHW) is an umbrella term ...

Jennifer Spinghart does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Identifying mental health as a public-health issue is imperative to building healthier and more productive communities. The pandemic, mass shootings, violent conflicts like the Ukraine War and the ...

The echoes of Rwanda’s past resonate with a profound message of resilience and transformation. Emerging from the shadows of a devastating genocide that resulted in the grievous loss of more than 1 ...