How do they match: Community Health Workers

  • Community Health Workers

  • Community Health Worker
  • Community Health Outreach Worker
  • Health Outreach Worker
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing Services Specialist
  • Public Health Worker
  • Public Health Outreach Worker

  • Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.

  • Advise clients or community groups to ensure parental understanding of the importance of childhood immunizations and how to access immunization services.
  • Advocate for individual or community health needs with government agencies or health service providers.
  • Assist families to apply for social services, including Medicaid or Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
  • Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women.
  • Interpret, translate, or provide cultural mediation related to health services or information for community members.
  • Provide basic health services, such as first aid.
  • Provide feedback to health service providers regarding improving service accessibility or acceptability.
  • Refer community members to needed health services.
  • Teach classes or otherwise disseminate medical or dental health information to school groups, community groups, or targeted families or individuals, in a manner consistent with cultural norms.

  • Advise others on social or educational issues.
  • Assess individual or community needs for educational or social services.
  • Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities.
  • Help clients get needed services or resources.
  • Interpret cultural or religious information for others.
  • Provide basic health care services.
  • Refer clients to community or social service programs.