Students, faculty and staff have already participated in more than 100 community events targeting older adults, children and ...

Interventions that address socioeconomic determinants of health are receiving considerable attention from policy makers and health care executives. The interest is fueled in part by expected returns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAULT STE. MARIE — New government programs are reaching Michigan with a goal to directly improve the health statuses of Native ...

Collaboration between a San Antonio nonprofit and the Metropolitan Health District is bringing fresh produce to convenience stores in "food desert" neighborhoods. The challenges of public health ...

10 community health programs across the country are getting $12,500 grants to expand their mobile health clinics. Ten healthcare organizations across the country are receiving grants to expand their ...

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 ...

Initiatives spearheaded by Parkland Health and a coalition of local partners are chipping away at the health disparities in Dallas County, but there's still a long way to go until health care access ...

RWJBarnabas Health, a 14-hospital system based in West Orange, N.J., said Oct. 9 it is widening its community health worker program across its enterprise. The program launched in 2023 to improve ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Bethany Kieley has been named CEO of Community Health Programs to oversee the countywide health care network that cares for more than 30,000 patients in the region. Her appointment ...

7 Southington-area nonprofits received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to support local health initiatives.