Journal of Community Health
Volume 17, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 37-51

Using lay health workers: Case study of a community-based prenatal intervention (Article)

Meister J.S.* , Warrick L.H. , de Zapién J.G. , Wood A.H.
  • a Southwest Border Rural Health Research Center Department of Family, and Community Medicine University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, 85724, Arizona, United States
  • b [Affiliation not available]
  • c [Affiliation not available]
  • d [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

This article reports on the design and implementation of a prenatal outreach and education intervention for low income, Hispanic women living in three migrant and seasonal farmworker communities in Arizona. The program included three major elements: a Spanish language prenatal curriculum; a group of mature Hispanic women recruited from the target communities and trained as "Comienzo Sano" (healthy beginning) Promotoras (health promoters), and the organization of a support network of local health professionals. The rationale for the demonstration is reviewed, and the structure of the intervention is described. Factors which facilitated and constrained implementation of the program are identified, and guidelines are provided for other health care providers and health educators interested in developing similar programs. © 1992 Human Sciences Press, Inc.

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Index Keywords

Allied Health Personnel health promotion lowest income group prenatal care community care health care personnel agricultural worker Arizona human social support Hispanic Americans program development United States migrant worker Spain female Article Support, Non-U.S. Gov't normal human Transients and Migrants
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0026595564&doi=10.1007%2fBF01321723&partnerID=40&md5=ead326a474c8d127815d27c20697fa77
DOI: 10.1007/BF01321723
ISSN: 00945145
Cited by: 64
Original Language: English