A Community Cultural Wealth Model to Train Promotoras as Data Collectors

Seq ID: 616
DocID: Natl70
Authors: Manzo RD, Rangel M, Flores YG, de la Torre A
Year: 2017
State: NatDoc
Website link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1524839917703980
Publicly Available: Yes
Evidence Generation: General
Workforce Development: Promotores, CHW training programs (not cert.), General

The literature has documented the use of community health workers as an effective strategy to work with underserved communities. However, there is scant research on the strategies community health workers to use when working in research studies. This qualitative study examines how promotoras (community health workers) implement their community cultural wealth to participate as data collectors in the control site of the Niños Sanos, Familia Sana (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) study. Our findings indicate that promotoras implement their cultural values, knowledge, and practices to recruit study participants and facilitate the data collection process. This study has implications for the recruitment and development of culturally and relevant linguistic training targeting promotoras in Mexican-origin communities.



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