Open AccessCommunity Health Workers Promoting Physical Activity
Author(s) -
Jessica Haughton,
Guadalupe X. Ayala,
Kari Herzog Burke,
John P. Elder,
Jacqueline Montañez,
Elva M. Arredondo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of ambulatory care management/journal of ambulatory care management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1550-3267
pISSN - 0148-9917
DOI - 10.1097/jac.0000000000000108
Subject(s) - community health workers , physical activity , intervention (counseling) , community health , health care , health equity , community based participatory research , gerontology , social determinants of health , nursing , medicine , psychology , environmental health , public health , population , sociology , health services , political science , physical therapy , participatory action research , anthropology , law
The effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) as health educators and health promoters among Latino populations is widely recognized. The Affordable Care Act created important opportunities to increase the role of CHWs in preventive health. This article describes the implementation of CHW-led, culturally specific, faith-based program to increase physical activity among churchgoing Latinas. This study augments previous research by describing the recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation of CHWs for a physical activity intervention targeting multiple levels of the Social Ecological Model.