Promotores and Community Health Workers: Protecting Communities Against Infectious Disease
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ISSUE: Promotores are community leaders who live in colonias (unincorporated developments without public services) and act as the liaisons between residents and health and human services. Promotores are an important link to early recognition of the symptoms of infectious diseases and other health threats. PROJECT: The School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M Health Science Center, working with its partners, developed and presented a five-hour workshop in English and Spanish entitled Promotores and Community Health Workers: Protecting Communities against Infectious Disease. The training was designed to provide tools to assist health workers identify, track, prevent and report the spread of infections. Diverse teaching methodologies were used to address the specific learning objectives of each session: lecture, powerpoint, demonstration and group activities. The training objectives were evaluated by a number of qualitative and quantitative measures, including the number of participants per site, change in scores between pre- and post-test, participation in case studies, and a process evaluation.