Young Latino migrant men who have sex with men are at high risk for HIV infection. The Popular Opinion Leader intervention, shown to be effective with White gay men, was adapted by the Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., for this Latino migrant population. This project, called the Young Latino Promotores, was implemented over a 2-year period by community-based organizations in … [Read more...] about Adapting the popular opinion leader intervention for Latino young migrant men who have sex with men.
CHW Role
Providing health care to low-income women: a matter of trust.
Trust is an important indicator of quality in patient-provider relationships and predicts adherence to certain protective health behaviours. It has been relatively unexplored among low-income or minority women. We explored health care experiences that influence patient trust among low-income women in the USA with respect to professionals and lay health workers … [Read more...] about Providing health care to low-income women: a matter of trust.
Lay Health Advisor Interventions Among Hispanics/Latinos:
With an expanding Hispanic/Latino community in the United States, practitioners and researchers working to promote health and prevent disease have relied on lay health advisor (LHA) models to address a variety of health issues. The primary goal of this systematic review was to explore how LHA approaches have been used and evaluated within Hispanic/Latino communities in the U.S. … [Read more...] about Lay Health Advisor Interventions Among Hispanics/Latinos:
Peer-led diabetes education programs in high-risk Mexican Americans improve glycemic control compared with standard approaches: a Project Dulce promotora randomized trial.
This research was designed to evaluate the effect of a culturally sensitive diabetes self-management education program that uses a low-cost, peer-educator format (Project Dulce) on glucose control and metabolic parameters in low-income Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes. This randomized trial, using the Project Dulce model of culturally sensitive, peer-led education, … [Read more...] about Peer-led diabetes education programs in high-risk Mexican Americans improve glycemic control compared with standard approaches: a Project Dulce promotora randomized trial.
Nike-Footed Health Workers deal with the problems of adolescent pregnancy.
Working principally to prevent repeat teen pregnancy, improve birth outcomes to teen mothers, and build adolescent parenting skills, the Nike (sneaker)-Footed Health Worker Project (NFHW) draws trainees from the target population of parenting adolescents. The Nike-Footed Health Worker Project is designed to allow adolescent mothers to complete high school while they are … [Read more...] about Nike-Footed Health Workers deal with the problems of adolescent pregnancy.