Community health workers CHWs are an increasingly important member of the healthcare and public health professions who help build primary care capacity. Yet in spite of the exponential growth of CHW interventions CHW training programs and CHW certification and credentialing by state agencies a gap persists in the literature regarding current CHW roles and skills scope of practice CHW job settings and national standards. This collection of contributions addresses this gap by providing information in a single volume about CHWs the roles CHWs play as change agents in their communities integration of CHWs into healthcare teams and support and recognition of the CHW profession.ampampnbspThe book supports the CHW definition as defined by the American Public Health Association APHA Community Health Worker Section 2013 which states A community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of andor has an unusually close understanding of the community served.