biostudies-literatureIngram MNCCDPHP CDC HHSNational Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion793https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8359608biostudies-literatureUnknown21(1)<h4>Background</h4>Social support plays a critical role in physical and emotional health, making it an important component of community health worker (CHW) health promotion interventions. Different types of support operate in different ways, however, and the relationship between the nature of CHW support and the subsequent health benefit for their clients is not well understood.<h4>Methods</h4>This paper describes an integrated mixed methods study of the emotional, informational, appraisal and tangible support CHWs provided to Latinx community members residing in three US-Mexico border communities. Using a cohort (n = 159) from a CHW community-based intervention, we identify and describe four clusters of social support in which participants are characterized by life situations that informeBMC health services researchAn integrated mixed methods approach to clarifying delivery, receipt and potential benefits of CHW-facilitated social support in a health promotion intervention.PMC8359608DP005002U48 DP005002Ingram MCarvajal SCEspinoza CWilkinson-Lee AMRedondo FCoulter KDoubleday KLohr AMfalseAn integrated mixed methods approach to clarifying delivery, receipt and potential benefits of CHW-facilitated social support in a health promotion intervention.<h4>Background</h4>Social support plays a critical role in physical and emotional health, making it an important component of community health worker (CHW) health promotion interventions. Different types of support operate in different ways, however, and the relationship between the nature of CHW support and the subsequent health benefit for their clients is not well understood.<h4>Methods</h4>This paper describes an integrated mixed methods study of the emotional, informational, appraisal and tangible support CHWs provided to Latinx community members residing in three US-Mexico border communities. Using a cohort (n = 159) from a CHW community-based intervention, we identify and describe four clusters of social support in which participants are characterized by life situations that informe2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Aug2026-03-13T00:04:47.719Z2025-06-01T12:11:19.554ZS-EPMC83596083438048210.1186/s12913-021-06778-6