title: Towards the sustainability of information campaigns: training Promotores to increase the psychosis literacy of Spanish-speaking communities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the acceptability and efficacy of training community health workers (promotores) in Mexico to both recognize psychosis and to teach others to recognize psychosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two studies were carried out utilizing a single-group design. In Study 1, promotores watched a DVD-based psychosis literacy training. In Study 2, promotores were trained to administer a flip-chart version of the program and they then administered it to community residents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant increases in the post-training assessment of psychosis literacy were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Promotores can be an important resource in identifying psychosis early and enhancing the sustainability of psychosis literacy information campaigns.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calderon
authors.forename: Yesenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Carmen Lara-Muñoz
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segoviano
authors.forename: Quetzalli
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Ava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casados
authors.forename: Steven Regeser
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D003150:Community Health Workers; D006266:Health Education; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008800:Mexico; D011618:Psychotic Disorders