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. 2020 Jul;39(7):1112-1117.
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00836.

Community Workers Lend Human Connection To COVID-19 Response

Rob Waters  1
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Community Workers Lend Human Connection To COVID-19 Response

Rob Waters. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Systems are investing in workers who come from the communities they serve to meet patient needs that extend well beyond clinic walls.

Keywords: COVID-19; Clinics; Community health workers; Coronavirus; Health policy; Health professionals; Health transformation; Low income; Mental health; Organization of care; Pandemics; Prevention; Public health; Social determinants of health; Systems of care.

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