title: Tobacco cessation services through community health workers for Spanish-speaking populations.
abstract: Partnerships were established with the University of Arizona's Healthcare Partnership to train promotores--Spanish-speaking community health workers--as tobacco cessation counselors. Tobacco Free El Paso certified promotores to help identify tobacco users and offer tobacco cessation counseling services. The project certified 89 participants, of whom 95% were promotores; 88% were Hispanic/Latino, 67% were females, and 62% indicated Spanish as their primary language. Participants who completed Técnicas Básicas, Treatment Specialist, and Déjate de ese Vicio certifications significantly increased self-confidence levels to deliver brief smoking cessation interventions (P < .05). Satisfaction scores (scale = 1-5) were also relatively high for each certification (Técnicas Básicas, mean = 4.8; Treatment Specialist, mean = 4.7; Déjate de ese Vicio, mean = 4.6). The results suggest that promotores understood the concepts and methodologies presented.
authors.affiliation: Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, TX, USA. zuzanne_bristow@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Zuzanne
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Martinez-Bristow
authors.forename: Jeri J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sias
authors.forename: Ulysses J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Urquidi
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods*