Policy Paper
Prioritizing Community Health Workers in Health Care Reform is Key to Enhancing Health Equity
Community Health Workers (CHWs) that collaborated with RADx-UP projects served in multiple roles on a continuum ranging from advisory to outreach to shared project leadership. In the majority of studies we reviewed, where the CHW role was defined, CHW roles included disseminating culturally and linguistically appropriate information about the COVID-19 pandemic, providing direct services such as administering COVID-19 tests, and coordinating care and health system navigation.