Open AccessProject REACH: A Program To Train Community-Based Lay Health Educators
Author(s) -
Nicole L. Wilson,
W. Daniel Hale,
R. G. Bennett,
N. R. Oslos,
C. D. Cochran,
John R. Burton
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/37.5.683
Subject(s) - health educators , medical education , health care , program evaluation , test (biology) , nursing , educational program , psychology , medicine , health education , family medicine , public health , political science , paleontology , public administration , law , biology
The major purpose of this project was to test the feasibility of recruiting and training volunteers as lay health educators who could coordinate and reinforce the educational efforts of health care providers. A committee of health care professionals designed a 16-hour program. Twenty-five volunteers from T1 religious institutions and 4 retirement communities completed the 8-week program. The program was successful in identifying, recruiting, and training volunteers from racially and religiously diverse institutions. Favorable outcomes included participants' satisfaction and success in organizing numerous educational and screening programs in their communities.
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