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 methodology for advancing community-academic partnerships as fundamental to success implementation and translational research. The P/CHW consulting group leverages the experience of promotoras/community health workers from the Bay Area to offer feedback and advise on research directly impacting underserved communities (e.g., Latinx, immigrant, impoverished, etc.).

Role of P/CHWs:

Identify and connect research teams with community partners.
Offer tailored feedback to research teams on how best to reach, respond, and connect with communities of interest.
Share best community engagement practices with research teams.

Role of research teams:

Summarize scope of work, aims, and direct asks prior to convening a meeting with the P/CHW consulting group.
Engage in constructive discussions …

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.