Article ; Online: Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol
Academic-community partnership to support workforce capacity building among Arizona community health workers
2023 Volume 11
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has both highlighted and worsened existing health inequities among communities of color and structurally vulnerable populations. Community Health Workers, inclusive of Community Health Representatives (CHW/Rs) have entered the ... ...
| Abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic has both highlighted and worsened existing health inequities among communities of color and structurally vulnerable populations. Community Health Workers, inclusive of Community Health Representatives (CHW/Rs) have entered the spotlight as essential to COVID-19 prevention and control. To learn about community experiences and perspectives related to COVID-19 and inform CHW/R workforce capacity building efforts, a series of focus groups were conducted with CHW/Rs throughout Arizona at two time points in 2021. Throughout the data collection and analysis process, researchers and community partners engaged in ongoing and open dialogue about what CHW/Rs on the ground were reporting as priority community concerns, needs, and challenges. Thus, CHW/Rs informed the development of culturally and linguistically relevant health education messages, materials, and training for CHW/Rs. In this community case study, we detail the efforts of partnership between a statewide CHW professional association and an academic research team that facilitated rapid decision-making and knowledge sharing to create community-grounded tools and resources supportive of CHW/R workforce capacity building in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Keywords | community health worker (CHW) ; community health representatives ; COVID-19 pandemic ; academic-community partnership ; mixed methods ; Latinx/Hispanic ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270 |
| Subject code | 306 ; 360 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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