title: Salud Para Su Carozón--a Latino promotora-led cardiovascular health education program.
abstract: Salud Para Su Carozón is a culturally sensitive, community-based program to increase heart healthy knowledge and behaviors among Latinos. Promotoras were trained using a 10-session manual to teach participants from 7 communities about heart disease risk factors and skills to achieve heart healthy behaviors. In 435 participants with pre-to-post self-reported data, there were increases in physical activity outside of work (57%-78%), heart health knowledge (49%-76%), and confidence in preparing heart healthy meals (66%-81%) (all Ps < .001). Results suggest that promotoras can provide effective health education to improve heart health risk behaviors in select Latino communities.
authors.affiliation: Division for the Application of Research Discoveries, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. Jovonni.spinner@nih.gov
authors.forename: Jovonni R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Spinner
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarado
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education*; D003296:Cooking / Q000379:methods; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology