Community of Practice
History
In 2020 at the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a large influx of resources for P/CHWs. Stanford University School of Medicine convened focus groups to assess the needs of P/CHWs and identify focus areas. From these sessions emerged 2 priority areas: (1) the development of culturally and linguistically relevant outreach materials, and (2) capacity development for P/CHWs. A group of 15 P/CHWs were then recruited to based on interest to join a community of practice (known today as Promotoras con Stanford en Acción) to work the priority areas identified to advance health equity.[1]
[1] Rodriguez Espinosa P, Martinez Mulet Y, Chen W-t, Kirk C, Tran C, Gonzalez M and Rosas LG (2023) Community of Practice of Promotoras de Salud to address health inequities during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Front. Public Health. 11:1260369. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1260369
Consulting Opportunity
Community-engaged research is an important approach for advancing health equity and fundamental to successful implementation and translational of scientific advances. The P/CHW consulting group leverages the experience of promotoras/community health workers to offer feedback and advice on research directly impacting underserved communities (e.g., Latinx, immigrant, underserved communities).
Role of P/CHWs:
- Offer tailored feedback to research teams on how best to engage, respond, and connect with communities of interest
- Offer tailored feedback on specific study materials (e.g., outreach, educational, outreach or recruitment) to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness
- Offer input on appropriateness of protocols or measures
- Share best community engagement practices with research teams
Role of research teams:
- Convene the P/CHW community of practice
- Prepare the research team in advance
- Facilitate the consultation session
- Collect feedback from P/CHW community of practice and share with the research team
If you are interested in presenting your research project or program to the P/CHW consulting group, please email Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, prespinosa@stanford.edu, or Yessica Martinez Mulet, yessicam@stanford.edu.
Community-Based Organizations Represented
Community Health Workers/Promotoras
Luz Abonce
Promotora
META, LLC
Cynthia Colmenares
Promotora
Independent
Solandyi Aguilar
Community Hub Coordinator
Veggielution
Maria Corrales
Promotora
Amigos de Guadalupe
Tere Garcia
Promotora
Independent
Maribel Ruiz
Promotora
META, LLC
Martha Gonzalez
Promotora
Independent
Nancy Villarreal
Patient Resource Navigator
Latinas Contra Cancer
Brenda Arenas
Community Navigator
Grail Family Services
Angelica Flores
Finance Lead
De Colores Consulting
Imelda Bautista
Promotora
META, LLC
Esperanza Garcia
Promotora
Veggielution
Isela Luna
Patient Resource Navigator Lead
Latinas Contra Cancer
Lupita Perez
Co-founder De Colores Collective LLC, Contracts & Human Resources Lead
De Colores Consulting