Promotores As Advocates for Community Improvement: Experiences of the Western States REACH Su Comunidad Consortium. Academic Article

abstract

• The REACH Su Comunidad Consortium worked with 10 communities to address disparities in access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities among Hispanic populations through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies. Community health workers took leadership roles in the implementation of PSE strategies in partnership with local multisector coalitions. This article describes the role of community health workers in PSE change, the technical and professional development support provided to the REACH Su Comunidad Communities, and highlights professional development needs of community health workers engaging in PSE strategies.

authors

• Sharkey, Joseph

published proceedings

• J Ambul Care Manage

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Kutcher, R., Moore-Monroy, M., Bello, E., Doyle, S., Ibarra, J., Kunz, S., ... Alfero, C.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Kutcher, Rachel||Moore-Monroy, Martha||Bello, Elizur||Doyle, Seth||Ibarra, Jorge||Kunz, Susan||Munoz, Rocio||Patton-Lopez, Megan||Sharkey, Joseph R||Wilger, Susan||Alfero, Charlie

publication date

• October 2015

publisher

• Wolters Kluwer  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Ambulatory Care Management  Journal

keywords

• Community Health Workers
• Community-Institutional Relations
• Environment Design
• Exercise
• Food Supply
• Health Promotion
• Health Status Disparities
• Hispanic Or Latino
• Humans
• Leadership
• Models, Organizational
• Northwestern United States
• Safety
• Social Change
• Social Determinants Of Health
• Southwestern United States

PubMed Central ID

• 26353024

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000073

start page

• 321

end page

• 332

volume

• 38

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/jac.0000000000000073

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being