COVID-19 Crisis Creates Opportunities for Community-Centered Population Health
Norbert Goldfield, Robert Crittenden, Durrell J. Fox, John E. McDonough, Len M. Nichols, E. Lee Rosenthal
Abstract
Dealing with the COVID-19 coronavirus requires a coordinated transnational effort. We propose a 2-stage state-led effort that utilizes community health workers (CHWs). We spell out what is beginning to occur in states to control and suppress COVID-19. In the second stage, we suggest working with these CHWs as a key element in the next evolution of our health care system: community-centered population health.
Topics & Concepts
SpellCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PopulationSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakHealth careKey (lock)State (computer science)Element (criminal law)MedicineEconomic growthPolitical scienceEnvironmental healthSociologyComputer scienceDiseaseEconomicsVirologyComputer securityInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyOutbreakLawAnthropologyAlgorithmPublic Health Policies and EducationPrimary Care and Health OutcomesFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations