Transferable Training Modules: Building Environmental Education Opportunities With and for Mexican Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud).
Community health workers (promotores de salud) have the ability to empower communities to mitigate negative health outcomes. Current training efforts in environmental topics are lacking. This project addressed this gap by developing 4 transferable training modules on environmental health. By applying a series of surveys, interviews, and trainings, we evaluated their relevance. Partners provided favorable feedback for 3 of the 4 modules. It was also learned that the development method could be improved by engaging technically trained promotores de salud in the role of co-creators. This project has implications for environmental justice communities as it can lessen information disparities.
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Superfund Research Program (Ms Ramírez and Dr Maier), Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Superfund Research Program (Dr Field), Department of Entomology (Dr Baker), and College of Pharmacy (Dr Gandolfi), University of Arizona, Tucson; and Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc, Tucson, Arizona (Ms Vea).
Denise Moreno
DM
Ramírez
Lourdes
L
Vea
James A
JA
Field
Paul B
PB
Baker
A Jay
AJ
Gandolfi
Raina M
RM
Maier
D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*