Don't change who we are but give us a chance: confronting the potential of community health worker certification for workforce recognition and exclusion

• Main Authors: Ashley Kissinger (Author), Shakira Cordova (Author), Ann Keller (Author), Jane Mauldon (Author), Lori Copan (Author), Claire Snell Rood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background For community health workers (CHWs) and promotores de salud (CHWs who primarily serve Latinx communities and are grounded in a social, rather than a clinical model of care), the process of certification highlights the tension between developing a certified workforce with formal r...