Resident health advocates in public housing family developments.
Translation of research to practice often needs intermediaries to help the process occur. Our Prevention Research Center has identified a total of 89 residents of public housing in the last 11 years who have been working in the Resident Health Advocate (RHA) program to engage residents in improving their own and other residents' health status by becoming trained in skills needed by community health workers. Future directions include training for teens to become Teen RHAs and further integration of our RHA program with changes in the health care system and in the roles of community health workers in general.
Community Committee for Health Promotion (Ms Smith), Boston University School of Public Health (Drs Bowen, Rorie, and Maxwell and Ms Bhosrekar), Boston, Massachusetts; Boston Housing Authority, Boston, Massachusetts (Ms Goodman); and Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, Massachusetts (Ms Thomas).
Deborah J
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Bowen
Sarah Gees
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Bhosrekar
Jo-Anna
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Rorie
Rachel
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Goodman
Gerry
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Thomas
Nancy Irwin
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Maxwell
Eugenia
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Smith
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001900:Boston; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003150:Community Health Workers; D004493:Education; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011638:Public Housing; D000078329:Workforce