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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

What Doctors Can't Do (Community Health Workers Can)

In the Opinion Pages of the New York Times, the 'Fixes' column explores solutions to major social problems. Each week, it examines creative initiatives in an effort to promote Solutions Journalism.

On August 28, the column explores the potential of community health workers to, "help patients with the many factors keeping them sick that aren't typical doctor problems... Doctors can’t help patients change their behavior in the 15 minutes they spend with each patient. But community health workers can."

Read the article here here.

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