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Published Date: December 01, 2011

Promotores — community health workers who educate hard-to-reach Latinos on best health practices — have few opportunities for research training and professional development. In this study, Center researchers Peggy Toy, director of the Center's Health DATA Program, and Steven Wallace, Center associate director, and two other researchers examine the experiences of promotoras.

The study's authors interviewed promotoras who participated in one of the Spanish-language "Datos y Democracia" training programs offered by the Center's Health DATA Program, which focused on improving skills for conducting research.   Researchers found that promotoras had limited access to secondary data sources because of no or limited English proficiency and limited support from their organizations for training and professional development. The study suggests that specialized trainings need to be tailored to meet a wide range of promotores' needs and should provide them with the support they need to learn and develop new skills. Fostering collaboration between promotores and local community-based organizations can also help better train promotores in research skill-building.   ​

 



Publication Authors:
  • Angie Denisse Otiniano
  • Amy Carroll-Scott
  • Peggy Toy, M.A.
  • Steven P. Wallace, PhD
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Peggy Toy