1043 - How Community Health Workers Improve Research

About this episode: Many people know community health workers for their work supporting clinical care and connecting people to resources. In this episode: the role of community health workers in crafting research questions, recruiting study participants, sharing results, and making a broader impact. Guest: Donald Young Jr. is a community outreach engagement specialist for the D.C., Maryland, Virginia Community Engagement Alliance . Host: Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management , a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. Show links and related content: Community Health Workers —Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Donald Young —Baltimore Connect Baltimore man shares story of his struggle with substance use disorder —WMAR 2 News Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website .

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1043 - How Community Health Workers Improve Research is an episode from Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

This episode is 14:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2026.

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