In 1999, Texas became the first state in the nation to recognize these workers and their contributions to keeping Texans healthy. This paper examines a state health promotion policy that culminated in a training and certification program for promotores and the impact of this program on the lay health education workforce in Texas. In 1999, the Texas legislature established the … [Read more...] about Texas’ Community Health Workforce: From State Health Promotion Policy to Community-level Practice
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New direction for enhancing quality in diabetes care: utilizing telecommunications and paraprofessional outreach workers backed by an expert medical team.
This article assesses the value of using telecommunications with Promotoras (paraprofessional outreach workers) and an expert medical team of registered nurses (RNs) and endocrinologists in an at-risk type 2 diabetic Hispanic population recruited for a telemedicine feasibility project from a free clinic. A Promotoras is the primary educator and the point of communication to … [Read more...] about New direction for enhancing quality in diabetes care: utilizing telecommunications and paraprofessional outreach workers backed by an expert medical team.
Tobacco cessation services through community health workers for Spanish-speaking populations.
Partnerships were established with the University of Arizona's Healthcare Partnership to train promotores--Spanish-speaking community health workers--as tobacco cessation counselors. Tobacco Free El Paso certified promotores to help identify tobacco users and offer tobacco cessation counseling services. Participants who completed Técnicas Básicas, Treatment Specialist, and … [Read more...] about Tobacco cessation services through community health workers for Spanish-speaking populations.
Child passenger safety for inner-city Latinos: new approaches from the community.
Motor vehicle crashes injuries, the leading cause of death for Latino children in the United States, can be reduced by the correct use of child safety seats. This study evaluated the ability of a community health worker education program to improve proper child safety seat usage in urban low income Latino families. At a series of check events, proper child safety seat … [Read more...] about Child passenger safety for inner-city Latinos: new approaches from the community.
People Improving the Community’s Health: community health workers as agents of change.
People Improving the Community's Health (PITCH) uses teams of community health workers to provide targeted outreach, to enroll those eligible in health coverage plans, to provide information and linkages to health and social support services, and to engage community members in community improvement activities. The initiative is based on the assumption that communities must work … [Read more...] about People Improving the Community’s Health: community health workers as agents of change.