Message From the Co–Guest Editors

Riegelman, Richard K.; Wilson, Cynthia

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“…Community colleges are a central post-secondary education resource in underserved communities, and an underdeveloped link in the public health training continuum (Riegelman & Wilson, 2016). The entire issue of Pedagogy in Health Promotion published in March 2016 provides a comprehensive look at approaches for including community colleges in public health education.…”

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Message from the Editor-in-Chief: Celebrating 10 Years of Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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2024

Pedagogy in Health Promotion

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Message from the Editor-in-Chief: Celebrating 10 Years of Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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Community Health Workers in a Post–Health Reform Era

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Auld

2016

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Most health care spending and deaths in the United States are related to costly, debilitating chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2015b). Racial and ethnic minority populations and vulnerable groups are disproportionately impacted by certain chronic conditions due to barriers caused by lack of education, socioeconomic, geographic, or other sociocultural factors (Smedley, Stith, & Nelson, 2003). As The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) seeks to improve access to and quality of health care as well as curb health care expenditures, we are presented with a new opportunity to focus on a more interdisciplinary, holistic team approach to facing these chronic conditions-an approach that includes community health workers (CHWs). Given CHW programs have existed for decades, what additional information or changes are needed in today's evolving health environment for CHWs to live up to their promise and potential? CHW is a standard occupational classification recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor and the World Health Organization (WHO) but in practice has been referred to under more than 150 different titles of paid and unpaid positions such as lay health advisors (LHAs), outreach workers, promotores(as) de salud (Spanish for "health promoters"), community health representatives, and patient navigators (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.

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Message From the Co–Guest Editors

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Message from the Editor-in-Chief: Celebrating 10 Years of Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Message from the Editor-in-Chief: Celebrating 10 Years of Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Community Health Workers in a Post–Health Reform Era

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