Angela Fields

deep down into what the real issues are and the barriers are for access to healthcare and access to services is where we can really help people the most and kind of take away, as Clarence mentioned earlier, that competitive piece. And so I've been fortunate as a CHW to not have felt that in any of the workplaces that I've worked in, but I've definitely heard about it.

deep down into what the real issues are and the barriers are for access to healthcare and access to services is where we can really help people the most and kind of take away, as Clarence mentioned earlier, that competitive piece. And so I've been fortunate as a CHW to not have felt that in any of the workplaces that I've worked in, but I've definitely heard about it.

And I feel like accessing a community health worker, wherever there's a need, even if it's at the local government assistance office, wherever that need is, we need to be meeting people in the community where they are, where we can spend that time to get acquainted with them, spend that time to build the trusting relationships, because that's where the real work is done once that trust is built.

And I feel like accessing a community health worker, wherever there's a need, even if it's at the local government assistance office, wherever that need is, we need to be meeting people in the community where they are, where we can spend that time to get acquainted with them, spend that time to build the trusting relationships, because that's where the real work is done once that trust is built.

That's the common avenue that CHWs were utilized initially as the profession was emerging. But as Vanyi and Rachel were saying, we're everywhere. And so the question is, where do you find community health workers? You find us in state and local governments. You find us in clinics and hospitals that are common.

That's the common avenue that CHWs were utilized initially as the profession was emerging. But as Vanyi and Rachel were saying, we're everywhere. And so the question is, where do you find community health workers? You find us in state and local governments. You find us in clinics and hospitals that are common.

You find us in outpatient care centers, nursing insurance companies, nursing care facilities, nonprofit and community-based groups and organizations, faith-based groups. So we're all over the place. We're in barbershops, we're in beauty shops, we're in oral health, we're in senior health. And so it's just those role titles that we work up under.

You find us in outpatient care centers, nursing insurance companies, nursing care facilities, nonprofit and community-based groups and organizations, faith-based groups. So we're all over the place. We're in barbershops, we're in beauty shops, we're in oral health, we're in senior health. And so it's just those role titles that we work up under.

So you may not know that you've encountered a community health worker. MNsure uses community health workers as MNsure navigators. So it's various areas that CHWs can be utilized in. And so it's not commonly through clinical. If I can speak on that, prior to becoming a doula, she worked in a governmental setting. And she can tell you a little bit about her work as a community health worker,

So you may not know that you've encountered a community health worker. MNsure uses community health workers as MNsure navigators. So it's various areas that CHWs can be utilized in. And so it's not commonly through clinical. If I can speak on that, prior to becoming a doula, she worked in a governmental setting. And she can tell you a little bit about her work as a community health worker,

an adult guardian.

an adult guardian.

Yeah, as Angela mentioned, that was a very different role that I had never heard of, a community health worker holding a title as a public guardian. My role was to support folks who are developmentally disabled and they also happen to be seniors. So they had developmental disabilities as well as some of those chronic health conditions, the high blood pressure.

Yeah, as Angela mentioned, that was a very different role that I had never heard of, a community health worker holding a title as a public guardian. My role was to support folks who are developmentally disabled and they also happen to be seniors. So they had developmental disabilities as well as some of those chronic health conditions, the high blood pressure.

And as you can imagine, they needed a lot of support. They had supports that were set through group homes and my role was to collaborate with the group homes, with the work readiness programs, with the transportation, and make just huge life decisions on behalf of these people as far as what was best for them. So yeah, we're everywhere and doing a lot of different things.

And as you can imagine, they needed a lot of support. They had supports that were set through group homes and my role was to collaborate with the group homes, with the work readiness programs, with the transportation, and make just huge life decisions on behalf of these people as far as what was best for them. So yeah, we're everywhere and doing a lot of different things.

And it just depends on where that person is. For instance, I also used to work for another agency that did support for seniors coming out of the hospital. Now they had to be coming out of the hospital, being discharged to home. And my role was to go out and support them to prevent a rehospitalization.

And it just depends on where that person is. For instance, I also used to work for another agency that did support for seniors coming out of the hospital. Now they had to be coming out of the hospital, being discharged to home. And my role was to go out and support them to prevent a rehospitalization.

So they would not have otherwise been able to access a community health worker for those specific services had they not been hospitalized and then returning home. So if they were going to a nursing home, then they would not have access to me. They would have just gone into the nursing home. But since they were returning

So they would not have otherwise been able to access a community health worker for those specific services had they not been hospitalized and then returning home. So if they were going to a nursing home, then they would not have access to me. They would have just gone into the nursing home. But since they were returning