Parents in Action/Padres en Accin A Community Health Worker - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parents in Action/Padres en Acción

A Community Health Worker (CHW)/Promotores(as) Model

Presented by: Ricardo V. Lopez, MPH, CHES

History of Community Health Workers/Promotores(as)

• In existence since 1960s
• Recognized by the:
• US Department of Labor (2010)
• US Department of Health and Human Services (2011)
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes provisions of funding (2010)

Ingram et al (2012). Establishing a Professional Profile of Community Health Workers: Results from a National Study of Roles, Activities and Training. J Community Health, 37: 529-537.

“..Field would benefit from being considered a health profession rather than an intervention”

Impact

Core Competencies:

• Cultural mediation between comm. and health care systems
• Providing culturally appropriate and accessible health education and info.
• Assuring people get needed services
• Informal counseling and social support
• Advocating for individual and comm. needs
• Providing direct services
• Building individual and comm. capacity

Overlapping Models of Care:

• Navigator
• Member of care delivery team
• Screening and health education provider

Ingram et al (2012). Establishing a Professional Profile of Community Health Workers: Results from a National Study of Roles, Activities and Training. J Community Health, 37: 529-537.

CHW/Promotores(as) Programs by Organization Type

• Clinic or hospital
• Non-profit/grassroots
• Community based clinic
• Health Department

A Promotores(as) program based out of a school site is quite unique

Ingram et al (2012). Establishing a Professional Profile of Community Health Workers: Results from a National Study of Roles, Activities and Training. J Community Health, 37: 529-537.

Healthy Los Nietos Promotoras de Salud y Bienestar

Process:

• Targeted recruitment
• Cross collaboration for foundational resources
• Evidenced-based trainings
• Capacity building and structural support
• First training: Parents in Action-A guide to Engaging Parents

in Local School Wellness Policy

• Second training: Vision and Compromiso
• History and function of a Promotora
• Effective facilitation and communication
• Pedagogy and effective teaching prep
• Personal development; ethics and emotional intelligence

Results: Healthy Los Nietos Promotoras de Salud y Bienestar

• Fifteen (15) parents completed the Parents in Action Training
• Eight (8) parents completed the Vision and Compromiso Training
• Two parents from each school
• School Wellness Policy best practices
• Members of the school wellness committee
• Intangibles; Leadership and personal development

Results: Healthy Los Nietos Promotoras de Salud y Bienestar

Upcoming Events

Next steps:

• Cross collaboration

with Activate Whittier

• Fully incorporate

parents into HLN programing

• Promotores to lead

health education efforts

Santa Fe Springs Community Health Fair May 10, 2014

Presented by Edmund Ramirez, SFS Community Services Supervisor

SFS Community Health Fair

• Edmund Ramirez, Community Services

Supervisor

• Focus of Santa Fe Springs Community

Services/Health

• Gus Velasco Center
• Strengthen Collaboration between Los

Nietos School District and PIH Health

Patron Entrance

Sport Demos Interactive inflatables

Sound

Restrooms

Healthy Los Nietos Next Steps

• Continue to raise awareness that of the

128 cities and communities in LA County, Los Nietos/West Whittier ranks 113/128 in

• besity prevalence (1 being lowest)
• Continue to meet monthly with PIH Health

in order to coordinate health services in the District

• Build a stronger health collaborative to

provide free or low cost support to the Los Nietos Community

L O S N I E T O S

Healthy Los Nietos Next Steps

• Dedicate a centralized location for Los

Nietos parents to enroll monthly in health care

• Submit a CSBA Golden Bell application on
• r before June 30, 2014
• Submitted a Kaiser Permanente $25,000.00

grant to fund continued parent education

L O S N I E T O S

Healthy Los Nietos Next Steps

• Continue to make strides in order to apply

for a $1.5-2.0 million dollar Federal PEP PE grant in 2015

• Utilize Full Time District Nurse to help

support HLN efforts

• Continue to explore grant opportunities

that would support the Los Nietos Community

L O S N I E T O S