Heart ATX

HEART ATX is a team of Community Health Workers (CHWs) that provide services to underserved individuals in the community, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and affordable housing settings. Our CHWs address chronic disease risk factors and social determinants of health (SDoH) and promote COVID-19 vaccination and prevention to build community resiliency in Austin/Travis County. 

A community health worker is “a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served “ (source: APHA) Community health workers are sometimes called Promotoras or Community Health Representatives.  Because community health workers have lived experience and cultural alignment with the communities they serve, they are able to build trust and be a link between the community and health/ social service providers.   CHWs work in many fields including maternal and child health, chronic disease, immunizations, primary care, and more.  They have many roles and responsibilities including outreach, community education, resource referral.

Click here to see the six pillars of community health Workers (https://buff.ly/3x94cn1).   Want to connect with other CHW initiatives at Austin Public Health? Visit the CHW Hub page here (Community Health Worker Hub | AustinTexas.gov)

For more information contact Raisa Charles at Raisa.Charles@austintexas.gov.

More than 37 million Americans have diabetes (about 1 in 10), and approximately 90-95% of them have type 2 diabetes. You can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes with proven, achievable lifestyle changes—such as losing a small amount of weight and getting more physically active—even if you’re at high risk. Learn more: Prevent Type 2 Diabetes | Diabetes | CDC)

HEART ATX offers a program that can help you prevent diabetes.

Prevent T2 is a results-driven, diabetes prevention program that is designed for people experiencing prediabetes. It features an approach that is proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Register for Prevent T2

DEEP is a 6-series class on how to live well with type 2 diabetes, but is open to everyone. The series gives an overview of diabetes management and monitoring, exercise, nutrition, complications and prevention, and effective communication with health care providers. Register for DEEP.

COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective, and free. Get answers to frequently asked questions and bust myths about vaccines. Learn more: Vaccines for COVID-19 | CDC

People who are 6 months of age and older are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

This project supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1.4 million with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.