Promotores As Advocates for Community Improvement: Experiences of the Western States REACH Su Comunidad Consortium

Rachel Kutcher; Martha Moore-Monroy; Elizur Bello; Seth Doyle; Jorge Ibarra; Susan Kunz; Rocio Munoz; Megan Patton-Lopez; Joseph R Sharkey; Susan Wilger; Charlie Alfero

doi:10.1097/JAC.0000000000000073

Promotores As Advocates for Community Improvement: Experiences of the Western States REACH Su Comunidad Consortium

J Ambul Care Manage. 2015 Oct-Dec;38(4):321-32. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000073.

Authors

Rachel Kutcher¹, Martha Moore-Monroy, Elizur Bello, Seth Doyle, Jorge Ibarra, Susan Kunz, Rocio Munoz, Megan Patton-Lopez, Joseph R Sharkey, Susan Wilger, Charlie Alfero

Affiliation

¹ National Center for Frontier Communities (Ms Wilger), Hidalgo Medical Services Center for Health Innovation, Silver City, New Mexico (Ms Kutcher and Mr Alfero); Arizona Center For Rural Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson (Ms Moore-Monroy); Nuestra Comunidad Sana of The Next Door, Inc, Hood River, Oregon (Mr Bello); Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Seattle, Washington (Mr Doyle); Institute for Health Policy, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health (Dr Ibarra); Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales, Arizona (Ms Kunz); Benton County Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon (Ms Munoz and Dr Patton-Lopez); Universidad San Francisco de Quito, School of Public Health, Quito, Ecuador (Dr Patton-Lopez); and Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, Texas A&M School of Public Health, College Station (Dr Sharkey).

PMID: 26353024
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000073

Abstract

The REACH Su Comunidad Consortium worked with 10 communities to address disparities in access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities among Hispanic populations through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies. Community health workers took leadership roles in the implementation of PSE strategies in partnership with local multisector coalitions. This article describes the role of community health workers in PSE change, the technical and professional development support provided to the REACH Su Comunidad Communities, and highlights professional development needs of community health workers engaging in PSE strategies.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Community Health Workers / organization & administration
Community Health Workers / standards*
Community Health Workers / trends
Community-Institutional Relations
Environment Design
Exercise
Food Supply / economics
Food Supply / standards
Health Promotion / methods*
Health Promotion / organization & administration
Health Status Disparities*
Hispanic or Latino*
Humans
Leadership
Models, Organizational
Northwestern United States
Safety
Social Change*
Social Determinants of Health / economics*
Southwestern United States

Grants and funding

1U58DP004710/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States