This paper explores the learning processes and preferences of community health workers (CHWs) serving farmworkers in the USA. Interviews with 17 CHWs revealed a preference for visual and hands-on learning styles. Understanding these preferences can help create more effective learning materials for CHWs, benefiting public health efforts. … [Read more...] about Exploring the learning preferences of farmworker-serving community health workers
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Training Promotoras to Implement a Mindfulness-based Healthy Lifestyle Program in Rural Communities
This report discusses the facilitators and barriers encountered while training promotoras to implement a mindfulness-enhanced healthy eating and physical activity intervention, ADAPT+, using the Train-the-Trainer model. The aim was to establish guidelines for sustained implementation of ADAPT+ beyond the training process. These guidelines may inform promotora training in other … [Read more...] about Training Promotoras to Implement a Mindfulness-based Healthy Lifestyle Program in Rural Communities
Healthy Outcomes through Peer Educators: Feasibility of a peer support diabetes prevention programme for African-American grandmother caregivers
This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a community-based, peer support diabetes prevention program (DPP) for African-American grandmother caregivers at risk for diabetes. Grandmothers were randomized to either DPP alone or DPP plus HOPE (Healthy Outcomes through Peer Educators). The intervention group received additional support from a peer educator. … [Read more...] about Healthy Outcomes through Peer Educators: Feasibility of a peer support diabetes prevention programme for African-American grandmother caregivers
Understanding critical factors associated with integration of community health workers into health and hospital systems
This study investigates how to effectively integrate community health workers (CHWs) into a large state university health system. Through qualitative analysis of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Hospital and Health Science System (UI Health), factors critical to CHW integration were identified. Fourteen factors were grouped into individual, team, organization, and … [Read more...] about Understanding critical factors associated with integration of community health workers into health and hospital systems
Implementation and Evaluation of a Large Community-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
This study outlines a community-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program aimed at increasing screening rates among uninsured individuals in a predominantly Hispanic US-Mexico border population. The program, led by community health workers, provided tailored health education, no-cost testing, and navigation services. With a focus on uninsured individuals, the program … [Read more...] about Implementation and Evaluation of a Large Community-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
