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