Research-To-Practice Brief

Community Health Workers: Closing Gaps in Families' Health Resources

The National Assembly's Family Strengthening Policy Center released this brief on the role that community health workers can play with helping families manage health. Community health workers are trained paraprofessionals who serve as health and human service resource persons in their communities. The brief includes recommendations to help these people become an effective component of health and human services and serving low-income families.

Source
Partner Resources
National/International
National
Topics/Subtopics
Supportive Services
Health/Behavioral Health Referrals and Supports
Publication Date
2006-03-01