Endorsements

Endorsements from National Organizations

CHW strategies are endorsed as a best practice for addressing health disparities by many leading health authorities:

• American Association of Diabetes Educators
• American Cancer Society-Midwest Division
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Medical Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• National Academy of Medicine 
• Minnesota Department of Health
• National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For more information about how CHWs are distributed across the United States as well as Employment and Wage Statistics visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Click here for more information.