Community Health Workers: Connecting Communities and Supporting School Nurses.
NASN Sch Nurse
; 36(2): 99-103, 2021 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-975796
ABSTRACT
For over a century, community health workers (CHWs) have acted as agents of social justice, health care promotion, and change for the underresourced communities they serve and come from. Over 50,000 CHWs are employed in the United States, and this number is growing with the need for CHWs to help fight both the COVID-19 pandemic and social injustice plaguing our nation. Even with many students learning from home, it is crucial that healthcare be integrated into the school system since a child's health greatly affects their ability to learn. CHWs in schools can help overcome community and cultural barriers to connect families to various community resources and provide important health screenings and education. On return to the traditional classroom, the myriad of tasks such as infection prevention, contact tracing, and temperature screening are not feasible for a school nurse to do alone. CHWs may be just the leaders we need to help schools address the challenges faced in 2020.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Child Welfare
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Community Health Workers
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Community Health Services
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
NASN Sch Nurse
Journal subject:
Nursing
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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