Community Health Workers in Action: The Efforts of "Promotores de Salud" in Bringing Health Care to

Community Health Workers in Action proposes support and expansion of the role of community health workers in meeting the health needs of marginalized groups in United States cities (although their potential reach is not limited to any one group or geographical section). Given the health inequities that continue to touch the lives of millions of people of color across the country, these professionals' efforts--which translate to innovative, community-centered responses designed to reach particularly vulnerable populations--shape one major piece of the complicated puzzle that is health care in America.