title: Neighbor to neighbor. Community health workers educate their own.
abstract: Silvia Esqueda spends five hours a week working in the barrios of East Los Angeles, enhancing the health status of her fellow community residents. And she's far from alone. Indeed, nationwide, a small army of community health workers just like Silvia are working to promote health among groups who have traditionally lacked access to adequate care.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sherer
mesh_terms: D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006293:Health Promotion; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D015141:Los Angeles; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce