COVID-19 Community Health Workers are here to support you and your family. Our job is to make sure everyone in our community has the right information, access to care, and the help they need to stay healthy.
Antonio Artist
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Aimee Barrett-Battle
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Pamela Covil
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Cydni Williams
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How We Help:
✅ Sharing Important Information
Community Health Workers will provide easy-to-understand facts about COVID-19—how to prevent it, what symptoms to look out for, and where to get tested or vaccinated. They will also help clear up any confusion or misinformation so that you and your loved ones can make the best health decisions.
✅ Helping with Testing & Vaccines
Need a COVID-19 test or vaccine? Our Community Health Workers can help you find events near you, sign up for appointments, and even connect you with transportation if you need a ride.
✅ Connecting You to Services
Sometimes, staying healthy means getting help with other needs too—like food, mental health support, or other health services. Our Community Health Workers will make sure you know about resources available to you and help you get connected.
✅ Encouraging Healthy Habits
Simple habits like wearing masks when needed, washing hands, and social distancing can help keep everyone safe. Our Community Health Workers will share tips and reminders to help make these habits part of everyday life.
If you see one of our Community Health Workers in your neighborhood, don’t hesitate to ask questions—they’re here for you!
Population Health
Population health is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire population and reduce health inequities among certain groups. Population health refers to not only the overall health of a population, but also to the distribution of health outcomes within a population, which include the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health outcomes, and the policies and interventions that affect those factors. Population health is an interdisciplinary, customizable approach that allows health departments to connect practice to policy for change to happen locally.
Summer Atseye
Population Health Manager
Kayla Ware
Community Engagement Specialist
Jazmine Garcia
Health Equity Specialist
Cheryl Jones
Community Engagement Office Assistant
Virginia’s Plan for Well-Being
Virginia’s Plan for Well-Being was released in 2016 with the goal of making Virginia the healthiest state in the nation. The plan highlights specific goals and strategies on which communities can focus so the state can make measurable health improvement by 2020.
Norfolk Community Health Assessment (CHA)
Where and how we live, learn, work, and play affects our health and understanding how these factors influence health is critical for developing the best strategies to address them. A Community Health Assessment (CHA) was completed in 2023 to identify the health-related needs and strengths of Norfolk.
Norfolk Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
The Norfolk Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is an action-oriented plan created to make the Norfolk community a healthier place to live. In partnership with community partners and Norfolk residents, the Norfolk Department of Public Health is currently developing the 2025 CHIP, using the key findings from the 2023 CHA, which included qualitative data from focus groups and local, state, and national quantitative data to inform discussions and determine health priority areas.
The CHIP lays the foundation for addressing some of the most challenging public health issues facing the city of Norfolk. Norfolk’s CHIP will include action plans for health issues and cross-cutting priorities identified through the 2023 CHA process and later prioritized by the Norfolk Community Advisory Board, community partners, and Norfolk residents.
Each issue will have goals, objectives, and key actions that will be implemented to promote optimal health and well-being for all who live, work, and play in the Norfolk community.
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Data Resources
If you have any questions or other feedback about the Norfolk Community Health Assessment and/or Community Health Improvement Plan, please email your request to NDPH.