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. 2020 Jul/Sep;43(3):184-190.
doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000337.

COVID-19 Crisis Creates Opportunities for Community-Centered Population Health: Community Health Workers at the Center

Norbert I Goldfield  1 , Robert Crittenden, Durrell Fox, John McDonough, Len Nichols, Elizabeth Lee Rosenthal
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COVID-19 Crisis Creates Opportunities for Community-Centered Population Health: Community Health Workers at the Center

Norbert I Goldfield et al. J Ambul Care Manage. 2020 Jul/Sep.

Abstract

Dealing with the COVID-19 coronavirus requires a coordinated transnational effort. We propose a 2-stage state-led effort that utilizes community health workers (CHWs). We spell out what is beginning to occur in states to control and suppress COVID-19. In the second stage, we suggest working with these CHWs as a key element in the next evolution of our health care system: community-centered population health.

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