Community of Practice of Promotoras de Salud to address health inequities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Using principles of Community-Based Participatory Research, we describe a community of practice for community health workers and promotoras (CHW/Ps) to address COVID-19 inequities in the Latinx community. We offer a concrete example of how programs can engage CHW/Ps as full partners in the research process, and how programs can support CHW/Ps' capacity and workforce development during implementation. We conducted four focus groups with CHW/Ps (n = 31) to understand needs and invited 15 participants to the community of practice to work on issues identified by the group. We examined impact according to number of community members reached, types of outreach activities, surveys, and online views of educational materials. Process evaluation involved two focus groups with seven organizati

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Espinosa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10679433 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature