Empowering Promotores de Salud to Engage in Community-Based Participatory Research
| Autor: | Edward F. Ellerbeck, Irazema Mendoza, Cielo Fernández, A. Paula Cupertino, Aura Morgan, Natalia Suarez, Mary Lou Jaramillo, Lisa Sanderson Cox, Susan Garrett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Gerontology
Medical education animal structures Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject education Geography Planning and Development Immigration Psychological intervention Community-based participatory research Interpersonal communication Community health Community health workers Training program Psychology Health needs Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 11:24-43 |
| ISSN: | 1556-2956 1556-2948 |
| Popis: | Latino immigrants are less likely to be involved in addressing health-related issues affecting their own community. Community health workers have played a significant role in addressing the health of underserved communities in several countries. The objective of this article is to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-based training program that empowers promotores to identify the health needs of recent Latino immigrants. Promotores were able to develop interventions based on the needs of recent Latino immigrants. Latino community members participated in a 30-hour training program. Training was provided in 15 two-hour sessions over 3 months. Training included field-work accompanied by skills development in leadership, organization, interpersonal communication, and survey implementation. Upon completion of the training, promotores conducted household surveys designed to identify community health needs. The evaluation employed quantitative measures to track promotores’ canv... |
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