MPHA Issue Priority
Community Health Workers
Community health workers (CHWs) are on the front lines of public health – improving access to health care, connecting people to essential services, and reducing health disparities based on race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Working for community health centers, hospitals and numerous other health and human services agencies, CHWs are a vital connection to vulnerable populations, the underserved, immigrants, and many others.
Yet, the invaluable work of community health workers
is under-recognized, under-appreciated, and, perhaps most significantly,
under-funded. MPHA works closely with the Massachusetts Association
of Community Health Workers (MACHW) to
strengthen the profession and support its important role in public health.
Learn about other priority issues of MPHA.