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401. Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.

...Community health workers · Graduate medical education · Health career pathways · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse...

402. Scaling a Community-Wide Campaign Intervention to Manage Hypertension and Weight Loss - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Analysis of a public health intervention addressing hypertension and obesity among low-income Latino populations in the U.S.-Mexico border region in Texas. Discusses the impacts of the intervention in 10 cities and large metro areas, 2 small towns, and 6 rural areas and examines data using the RE-AIM Framework.

...Community health workers · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Wellness...

403. Salud es Vida: A Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for Rural Latina Immigrant Women - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of Salud Es Vida, an educational group session led by promotoras focused on cervical cancer screening and increased cervical cancer knowledge among immigrant Hispanic/Latina women from farmworker environments. The intervention was conducted in four rural counties of Southeast Georgia and included the development of a toolkit offering a curriculum guide and class activities created in partnership with promotoras.

...Community health workers · Health screening · Migrants · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

404. Living in Limbo: Latinas' Assessment of Lower Rio Grande Valley Colonias Communities - Resources
Date: May 2017

Highlights the activities conducted by promotoras during an intervention study using community asset mapping (CAM) to identify factors that may facilitate or create barriers to physical activity among Latina residents in the U.S.-Mexico border region of Texas.

...Nursing, 34(3), 267-275 05/2017 Community health workers · Physical activity · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Texas...

405. The Intersection of Workplace and Environmental Exposure on Health in Latinx Farm Working Communities in Rural Inland Southern California - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Analyzes access and barriers to healthcare services for Eastern Coachella Valley rural farmworkers who are exposed to workplace and environmental health risks. Reports on 9 culturally responsive in-home interviews conducted from 2017 to 2018 with the assistance of a bilingual Spanish-Purépecha Latina promotora. Provides demographic information of participants and quotes from interviews related to themes such as environmental exposures, including the nearby Salton Sea; agricultural labor and its impact on health; chronic health conditions and trauma of exposures; and community-proposed solutions.

...engagement and volunteerism · Community health workers · Culture · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Health conditions · California...

406. MedlinePlus and the Challenge of Low Health Literacy: Findings From the Colonias Project - Resources
Date: Jan 2007

Describes the Colonias Project, a health literacy outreach project using promotoras in low-income Hispanic communities along the Texas-Mexico border.

...Association, 95(1), 31-39 01/2007 Community health workers · Health literacy · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Texas...

407. Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Reports on a pilot study of utilizing bilingual promotoras as patient navigators to help cancer patients and their families in 3 rural counties of southwest New Mexico navigate the healthcare system from cancer diagnosis to treatment.

...Education, 34(1), 173-179 02/2019 Access · Cancer · Community health workers · Statistics and data · New Mexico...

408. Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops Implemented with Rural Hispanic Women - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Describes a pilot study investigating whether delivering Eat Healthy, Be Active (EHBA) workshops through promotoras is a practical and culturally relevant method for encouraging healthy lifestyle behaviors and reducing obesity among Hispanic women in rural areas of Washington state. Includes data and statistics, with information on changes in nutrition label literacy, food insecurity, health behaviors, and health status among participants.

...Community health workers · Culture · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Obesity and weight control · Physical...

409. Rural Health Networks and Care Coordination: Health Care Innovation in Frontier Communities to Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Health Care Costs - Resources
Date: Nov 2016

Discusses the findings of a single-case, community-based participatory design study in a frontier community in northern Minnesota to determine the effectiveness of developing a community care team focused on collaboration and care coordination to improve patient outcomes and reduce emergency room use.

...Community health workers · Frontier and remote areas · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Primary...

410. Oregon Indigenous Farmworkers: Results of Promotor Intervention on Pesticide Knowledge and Organophosphate Metabolite Levels - Resources
Date: Oct 2013

Highlights a study on changes in health knowledge relating to pesticides of indigenous farmworkers in Oregon. Details the results of participants' pesticide knowledge from pre/post-intervention questionnaires and biological testing.

...health and safety · Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Health literacy · Migrants · Statistics and data · Oregon...