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And to the point of even, you know, even for myself, I could ask myself, okay, I know, I know what you guys do, but How is it that a patient or just an individual knows to even ask for assistance from a community health worker? That's of course, if they know what a community health worker is. So maybe Kristen, you can reflect on that a little bit.

So Vanya, what do you think about that?

So Vanya, what do you think about that?

I said, dear, what do you think? Anything you want to add to that?

I said, dear, what do you think? Anything you want to add to that?

So Clarence, you're one. You're a CHW. What do you think about all this?

So Clarence, you're one. You're a CHW. What do you think about all this?

Yeah. So, you know, there are a lot of political realities around this. One, one question that public might have is centered around kind of the politics of it all. If you want to call it, that is like, okay, are, for instance, CHWs licensed, you know, like a medical doctor or a nurse or whatever, or are they registered or are they, and how, How are they trained?

Yeah. So, you know, there are a lot of political realities around this. One, one question that public might have is centered around kind of the politics of it all. If you want to call it, that is like, okay, are, for instance, CHWs licensed, you know, like a medical doctor or a nurse or whatever, or are they registered or are they, and how, How are they trained?

And to the point whereby a patient or an individual needs to have, or at least would think that they need to have that kind of information in their head in order to bring their trust level up a notch in order to be able to work with a community health worker. So Angela, what do you think about that?

And to the point whereby a patient or an individual needs to have, or at least would think that they need to have that kind of information in their head in order to bring their trust level up a notch in order to be able to work with a community health worker. So Angela, what do you think about that?

Okay, so let's talk first thing about training and licensing and all that kind of stuff, and then how your scope of practice as a field differs enough so that people can help, you can help people make that distinction. So training and education, all that stuff, let's start with that first. Angela?

Okay, so let's talk first thing about training and licensing and all that kind of stuff, and then how your scope of practice as a field differs enough so that people can help, you can help people make that distinction. So training and education, all that stuff, let's start with that first. Angela?

Got it. So, yeah, Rachel, chime in on this one.

Got it. So, yeah, Rachel, chime in on this one.

Let me ask you something. Are community health workers ever hospital-based or are they more at the clinic community level? Let me give you a for instance. Okay. So I see orthopedic patients and You know, from time to time, some of these patients need help instead of going home, going to a transitional care facility. Is that an intervention point for a community health worker or not?

Let me ask you something. Are community health workers ever hospital-based or are they more at the clinic community level? Let me give you a for instance. Okay. So I see orthopedic patients and You know, from time to time, some of these patients need help instead of going home, going to a transitional care facility. Is that an intervention point for a community health worker or not?

So maybe Vanya, you can answer that or help us with that one.

So maybe Vanya, you can answer that or help us with that one.

Yeah. So it seems to me, hold on one sec, Clarence. So it seems to me the point of contact for a particular patient, at least right now, and you hope that it morphs broader, but at least right now is through a healthcare professional themselves. Am I right or not? In other words, like a physician or a nurse says, you know, Stan, you know, let's say I'm a patient, Stan, you could really