Empowering promotoras through community-based participatory research in Latinx and Indigenous Mexican communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study describes an innovative community-based participatory research model that engages community health workers/promotoras as research partners to address health inequities among Latinx and Indigenous Mexican immigrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Using ethnographic and qualitative research methods, we collaborated with promotoras trained in qualitative data collection and analysis to conduct seven focus groups (six in Spanish, one in Purépecha) with 55 participants in a rural desert region of Inland Southern California. Rapid analytic techniques were applied to identify emergent themes across data sources.

Results

Findings revealed deep-seated mistrust of institutions in the United States, including government, healthcare, and

SUBMITTER: Cheney AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12823809 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature