S3 Ep. 39 Exploring the Role of CHWs: A Replay of S2 Ep. 29 with Ysabel Duron and Dr. Manali Patel

2023-09-25

"The community health worker is under utilized, and yet can be the best glue across that continuum." In this episode, Ysabel Duron and Dr. Manali Patel discuss the importance of community health workers (CHWs) in cancer care delivery. They talk about the unique capacity of CHW to identify the actual gaps and actual needs of patients to support and work in tandem with doctors. This episode references the article titled "⁠A Community-Engaged Process for Adapting a Proven Community He...

"The community health worker is under utilized, and yet can be the best glue across that continuum."

In this episode, Ysabel Duron and Dr. Manali Patel discuss the importance of community health workers (CHWs) in cancer care delivery. They talk about the unique capacity of CHW to identify the actual gaps and actual needs of patients to support and work in tandem with doctors.

This episode references the article titled "⁠A Community-Engaged Process for Adapting a Proven Community Health Worker Model to Integrate Precision Cancer Care Delivery for Low-income Latinx Adults With Cancer⁠" by Emily H. Wood, MPH, Maria Leach, MSW, Gerardo Villicana, BA, Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH, Ysabel Duron, BS, Dale G. O’Brien, MD, Zachary Koontz, MD, and Manali I. Patel, MD, MPH, MS.

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