Community of Practice of Promotoras de Salud to address health inequities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Frontiers in public health Vol. 11; p. 1260369
• Main Authors: Rodriguez Espinosa, Patricia, Martinez Mulet, Yessica, Chen, Wei-Ting, Kirk, Cary, Tran, Cindy, Gonzalez, Mike, Rosas, Lisa G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 13.11.2023
• Subjects: capacity building; Community Health Workers; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Focus Groups; health equity; Health Inequities; health promotion; Humans; Latinx health; Pandemics; COVID-19; health equity; health promotion; community health workers; Latinx health; capacity building

Using principles of Community-Based Participatory Research, we describe a community of practice for community health workers and promotoras (CHW/Ps) to address COVID-19 inequities in the Latinx community. We offer a concrete example of how programs can engage CHW/Ps as full partners in the research...