Global Health Equity

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Through Education and Advocacy, this First-Generation Nurse Graduate is Helping to Improve Health Outcomes in Her Immigrant Community

Carolina Benitez is passionate about educating her patients and empowering them to manage their own health and make informed health choices.

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Employing a Holistic Approach to Support a Diverse and Fulfilled Health Workforce

Tuition assistance with wraparound support like childcare grants enable nursing students to advance their goals, and is helping to close healthcare gaps in New Jersey’s minority communities.

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Community Health Is for Everyone: National CHW Awareness Week

Community health workers have a profound impact on their communities and health systems as a whole, yet the work done by CHWs often goes unseen compared to other health workers.

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Community Health Centers Hold the Key to Advancing Health Equity

Community health centers and community health workers are helping tens of millions of Americans overcome barriers like income and insurance coverage to get the quality care they need in their communities.

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Looking Beyond Reach to Move Global Health Equity Forward

After reaching one million health workers earlier than anticipated, the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation is charting its path forward building upon its successes in the areas of education, leadership, advocacy and innovative health models to solve chronic health workforce challenges.

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International Nurses Day: A Time to Recognize and Support Nurses Driving Community-Centered Solutions

Nurses play a central role in a community-based approach to healthcare because of the time they spend with patients and families, building strong and trusting relationships over time.

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Voices From the Front Line

Mother-Daughter Promotoras on a Mission to Empower Their Community and Improve Health Outcomes One Person at a Time

As trusted community members, promotoras—community health workers in Spanish speaking communities—are uniquely effective in immigrant communities because of their ability to establish meaningful relationships based on shared experiences, mutual respect and deep empathy.

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Reflecting the Complexity of Change in Social Impact Reporting

In a context filled with volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity, we recognize that change cannot be measured through a single metric alone but with meaningful indicators and right-sized approaches to help us gain a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the Center’s impact in the world.

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Outreach Director Uses Deep Ties to Her Latin American Community to Advance Public Health

Promotoras (community health workers) don’t just educate their communities about health, they also enlighten the health sector about the needs of those communities.

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Developing a Culturally Sensitive Mental Healthcare Model for Communities in the UK Affected by Youth Violence

Reducing the barriers preventing Black and Brown people in the UK from accessing mental health services by engaging the community and drawing on the experiences and views of young people, their families and the health professionals who work alongside them.

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