Health Promotion Practice
Volume 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-688

Promotores as Researchers: Expanding the Promotor Role in Community-Based Research (Article)

Nelson A. , Lewy R. , Dovydaitis T. , Ricardo F. , Kugel C.
  • a Rural Women's Health Project, United States
  • b Rural Women's Health Project, United States
  • c University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States
  • d Rural Women's Health Project, United States
  • e Migrant Clinicians Network, State College, PA, United States

Abstract

The community health worker, known as promotor in the Hispanic community, is an accepted member of the public health team whose core role is that of bridging target communities with health services. However, the promotor's role in research has not been considered a core function of their work. This article will present the promotor in the additional role of researcher, as conceived by the Migrant Clinicians Network for the Hombres Unidos Contra La Violencia Familiar (Men United Against Family Violence) sexual violence/intimate partner violence project. The Hombres Unidos project used promotores as survey facilitators, gathering male Hispanic farmworkers’ perspectives on the sensitive topic of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. This article demonstrates that when trained, the promotores’ linguistic and cultural competence make them a valuable addition to the research team, especially when collecting sensitive information. © 2011, Society for Public Health Education. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Farmworker Hispanic Latino Research Community Public health Sexual violence Intimate partner violence promotor

Index Keywords

information processing health promotion professional standard human sexuality personnel Sexual Partners violence Research Personnel Agriculture Hispanic Americans Professional Role United States Humans Hispanic male female Article manpower adult participatory research Community-Based Participatory Research Data Collection public health
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84856208394&doi=10.1177%2f1524839910380849&partnerID=40&md5=dd956ad6425578570f95cb9349e85e6a
DOI: 10.1177/1524839910380849
ISSN: 15248399
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English