Lack of cultural awareness among professionals a key barrier to support for learning disabled people from black and minority ethnic communities and their families, finds government-funded study.

SPRINGDALE -- Health initiatives throughout Northwest Arkansas are focusing on community connection and cultural competency. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen spoke ...

Before Mohammed Chowdhury met a community health worker in New York City, the security guard struggled to manage his diabetes and high blood pressure. That changed when he started to work with Mamnun ...

Kayla Fogle and Lysaih Rice, community health workers with the Jefferson County General Health District, have been fully ...

Here, and at other medical centers across the country, an unsung workforce ensures that all patients have the best possible access to care—community health workers. “Community health workers are ...

Local nonprofit ConnectionHealth was recently awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand their ...