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News from the CDC: using web-based training to translate evidence on the value of community health workers into public health action

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Acknowledgments

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advisors to the development of the CHW e-learning course included CDC staff (Bernadette Ford-Lattimore, Aisha Tucker-Brown, Cynthia Morrison) and Global Evaluation & Applied Research Solutions, Inc. (Deborah Brome and Doriane Sewell). The course content was developed by Carl Rush of Community Resources, LLC.

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  1. Applied Research and Evaluation Branch, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    J Nell Brownstein PhD & Alberta M Mirambeau MPH

  2. Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Katherine B Roland MPH

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Correspondence to J Nell Brownstein PhD.

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Brownstein, J.N., Mirambeau, A.M. & Roland, K.B. News from the CDC: using web-based training to translate evidence on the value of community health workers into public health action. Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res. 3, 229–230 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-013-0204-5

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