Promotores As Advocates for Community Improvement: Experiences of the Western States REACH Su Comunidad Consortium.
The REACH Su Comunidad Consortium worked with 10 communities to address disparities in access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities among Hispanic populations through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies. Community health workers took leadership roles in the implementation of PSE strategies in partnership with local multisector coalitions. This article describes the role of community health workers in PSE change, the technical and professional development support provided to the REACH Su Comunidad Communities, and highlights professional development needs of community health workers engaging in PSE strategies.
National Center for Frontier Communities (Ms Wilger), Hidalgo Medical Services Center for Health Innovation, Silver City, New Mexico (Ms Kutcher and Mr Alfero); Arizona Center For Rural Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson (Ms Moore-Monroy); Nuestra Comunidad Sana of The Next Door, Inc, Hood River, Oregon (Mr Bello); Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Seattle, Washington (Mr Doyle); Institute for Health Policy, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health (Dr Ibarra); Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales, Arizona (Ms Kunz); Benton County Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon (Ms Munoz and Dr Patton-Lopez); Universidad San Francisco de Quito, School of Public Health, Quito, Ecuador (Dr Patton-Lopez); and Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, Texas A&M School of Public Health, College Station (Dr Sharkey).
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