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Some Cautionso CHWs need to know their limits and know how to refer asappropriate to credentialed primary care providers…to help peoplefind a “medical home” to improve access to continuity of care.o They need to be trained to provide evidence-based healthinformation…do no harm! Remember my cautions regardingcredentialing for CHWs.o They need to know how to blend traditional ways with Westernmedicine so as not to disrespect a person’s culture. This is usuallyan enculturated competence for CHWs who are themselvesindigenous and already respected and trusted by the residents oftheir own neighborhoods.o Community-based public health interventions should invite CHWsupport…the personification of culturally appropriate public health.The CHW is the entre to neighborhoods where public health andhealth professions education and health prevention and promotioninterventions can occur with the full participation of the residents,leaders, and institutions already working within theseneighborhoods. CBPR.