To unify the voices of the community health workers and strengthen the profession’s capacity to promote healthy communities.
Promoting self-actualization and self-advocacy among community health workers.
Ensuring fair treatment, access, opportunity advancement and outcomes for individuals and communities.
Promoting the efforts of the community health workers, and the communities in which they work to create a shared vision and direction for the future.
Building trusted relationships based on honoring the inherent value and contributions of every person irrespective of socioeconomic class, religion, race, national origin, language spoken, immigration status, abilities or disabilities, age, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity/expression.
Encouraging collaboration among community health workers to promote a common professional identity regardless of job title or work-setting.
Promoting and nurturing the authenticity and character of the community health worker profession and promoting the contributions made by Community Health Workers toward eliminating health disparities and advancing.
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View All EventsJoin NACHW for “From Crisis to Opportunity: Resources and Guidance that CHWs Want from Employers During the Pandemic” a webinar presenting results from a national survey conducted in the summer of 2020 to understand the needs of CHWs and how employers can best support CHWs to protect themselves, provide services safely and adapt services to the changing
Save the Date: Join the National Association of Community Health Workers for our Annual Meeting and Conference centering on the work of Community Health Workers in public health.
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