title: Promotores as researchers: expanding the promotor role in community-based research.
abstract: The community health worker, known as promotor in the Hispanic community, is an accepted member of the public health team whose core role is that of bridging target communities with health services. However, the promotor's role in research has not been considered a core function of their work. This article will present the promotor in the additional role of researcher, as conceived by the Migrant Clinicians Network for the Hombres Unidos Contra La Violencia Familiar (Men United Against Family Violence) sexual violence/intimate partner violence project. The Hombres Unidos project used promotores as survey facilitators, gathering male Hispanic farmworkers' perspectives on the sensitive topic of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. This article demonstrates that when trained, the promotores' linguistic and cultural competence make them a valuable addition to the research team, especially when collecting sensitive information.
authors.affiliation: Rural Women's Health Project, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Atiba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lewy
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dovydaitis
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ricardo
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kugel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024382:Professional Role; D011634:Public Health; D012108:Research Personnel; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence; D000078329:Workforce