Community Health Workers' Role in Addressing Farmworker Health Disparities.

ABSTRACT: Community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely positioned to connect migrant and seasonal farmworkers to health promotion and clinical services. However, research on CHWs' experiences, particularly related to their provision of health education to farmworkers, is limited. To explore CHWs' practices and challenges in conducting health education outreach, we conducted three focus group discussions with farmworker health CHWs (N = 28) in North Carolina in the spring of 2020. We analyzed the focus group transcripts, and we compared the code outputs, thematic code summaries, and memos maintained throughout the analytic process to examine the experiences of CHWs in acquiring and disseminating health information and resources, including use of technology. We identified three themes related to CHWs'

SUBMITTER: Harwell EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395548 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature