The Role of Community Health Worker Services in COVID-19 Response Efforts
This report found that community health workers who participated in local health departments’ COVID-19 response helped meet the needs of residents and helped to reduce the spread of the virus, producing savings that offset the cost of the services. The report was done on behalf of the Connecticut Health Foundation by researchers from Commonwealth Medicine and is based on an evaluation of community health worker interventions in Danbury, Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, and Stamford, Connecticut.