Community Health Workers: Bringing a New Era of Systems Change to Stimulate Investments in Health Care for Vulnerable US Populations.

Am J Public Health

Hector Balcazar is with the College of Science and Health, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA. Sheba George is with the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

Published: June 2018

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304427DOI Listing

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