Social Services: Centers for Disease Control

The Centers for Disease Control is a government organization that is under the U. S. Departent of Health and Human Services.

Their mission: . . . . "to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same."

Published by the Centers for Disease Control, this document "provides guidance and resources for implementing recommendations to integrate community health workers (CHWs) into community-based eforts to prevent chronic disease."