TY - JOUR
T1 - Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities
T2 - Academic-community partnership to support workforce capacity building among Arizona community health workers
AU - Jiménez, Dulce J.
AU - Gomez, Omar
AU - Meraz, Ruby
AU - Pollitt, Amanda M.
AU - Evans, Linnea
AU - Lee, Naomi
AU - Ignacio, Matt
AU - Garcia, Katherine
AU - Redondo, Richard
AU - Redondo, Floribella
AU - Williamson, Heather J.
AU - Oesterle, Sabrina
AU - Parthasarathy, Sairam
AU - Sabo, Samantha
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities, Arizona CEAL COVID-19 Consortium (NIH 888-15-16-29).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Jiménez, Gomez, Meraz, Pollitt, Evans, Lee, Ignacio, Garcia, Redondo, Redondo, Williamson, Oesterle, Parthasarathy and Sabo.
PY - 2023/2/2
Y1 - 2023/2/2
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has both highlighted and worsened existing health inequities among communities of color and structurally vulnerable populations. Community Health Workers, inclusive of Community Health Representatives (CHW/Rs) have entered the spotlight as essential to COVID-19 prevention and control. To learn about community experiences and perspectives related to COVID-19 and inform CHW/R workforce capacity building efforts, a series of focus groups were conducted with CHW/Rs throughout Arizona at two time points in 2021. Throughout the data collection and analysis process, researchers and community partners engaged in ongoing and open dialogue about what CHW/Rs on the ground were reporting as priority community concerns, needs, and challenges. Thus, CHW/Rs informed the development of culturally and linguistically relevant health education messages, materials, and training for CHW/Rs. In this community case study, we detail the efforts of partnership between a statewide CHW professional association and an academic research team that facilitated rapid decision-making and knowledge sharing to create community-grounded tools and resources supportive of CHW/R workforce capacity building in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has both highlighted and worsened existing health inequities among communities of color and structurally vulnerable populations. Community Health Workers, inclusive of Community Health Representatives (CHW/Rs) have entered the spotlight as essential to COVID-19 prevention and control. To learn about community experiences and perspectives related to COVID-19 and inform CHW/R workforce capacity building efforts, a series of focus groups were conducted with CHW/Rs throughout Arizona at two time points in 2021. Throughout the data collection and analysis process, researchers and community partners engaged in ongoing and open dialogue about what CHW/Rs on the ground were reporting as priority community concerns, needs, and challenges. Thus, CHW/Rs informed the development of culturally and linguistically relevant health education messages, materials, and training for CHW/Rs. In this community case study, we detail the efforts of partnership between a statewide CHW professional association and an academic research team that facilitated rapid decision-making and knowledge sharing to create community-grounded tools and resources supportive of CHW/R workforce capacity building in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - American Indian/Indigenous
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - Latinx/Hispanic
KW - academic-community partnership
KW - community health representatives
KW - community health worker (CHW)
KW - mixed methods
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U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1072808
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1072808
M3 - Article
C2 - 36817902
AN - SCOPUS:85148345331
SN - 2296-2565
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
M1 - 1072808
ER -