by Rich Strater | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our toolkits identify best practice strategies for designing, implementing, and showcasing the impact of CHW models. The toolkits also include co-created and population-focused toolkits like the Perinatal CHW models and Rural Health CHW models. It is our...
by Rich Strater | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Community Health Workers are critical when it comes to addressing Social Determinants of Health. Romaine Stephens of Family Solutions discusses her experiences as a CHW addressing these needs and the community-based resources that CHWs connect families with...
by Rich Strater | Jun 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dom Francis, CCHA Training Coordinator and Dr. Vanessa Kitzie and Nick Vera from the College of Information Science at UofSC presented to the Health Bytes conference about establishing partnerships to promote LGBTQIA+ Health. Click here to read...
by Rich Strater | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Social determinants of health (SDoH) account for up to 90% of health outcomes, whereas medical care accounts for only 10%-15%; despite this disparity, only 24% of hospitals and 16% of physician practices screen for the 5 social needs. Community-embedded and highly...
by Rich Strater | May 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a new survey, Healthline examined how COVID-19 impacts the mental and physical health of different people by ethnicity. Here’s how our findings highlighted the variety of health inequities experienced during the pandemic. Read...
by Rich Strater | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
In partnership with the National Association of Community Health Workers, the Arnold School’s Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) is working to help eradicate racial and social injustice as a public health threat. The new collaboration, supported by the...
by Rich Strater | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Mike Young is an expert on culture. He has studied it and lived it for his entire life. As a teenager from rural El Salvador, Young’s mother waited at the Mexico-U.S. border for two weeks before immigrating to California with a sixth-grade education. She learned...
by Rich Strater | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Keeping it real about COVID19 Vaccine- a recorded session on vaccine hesitancy with BirthMatters. Dr. Jane Kelly talks with CHW Takia Daniels talks about her vaccine journey in a discussion moderated by BirthMatters Executive Director Molly Chappell-Mcphail. Read...
by Rich Strater | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Despite growing up in a small town in Costa Rica before the internet era, Kathia Valverde still had somewhere to turn for information when she began questioning her sexuality — her librarian, Carmen. Today, Valverde helps others get information — not as a librarian,...
by Rich Strater | Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
The South Carolina Primary Health Care Association recognized the Arnold School’s Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) with its Community Health Care Leadership Award during their virtual State Policy & Issue Forum in January. Designed to acknowledge an...
