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Community Health Workers Promoting Physical Activity: Targeting Multiple Levels of the Social Ecological Model
Jessica Haughton1, Guadalupe X Ayala, Kari Herzog Burke
1College of Health and Human Services (Dr Ayala) and Graduate School of Public Health (Drs Elder and Arredondo), Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (Mss Haughton and Montañez), San Diego State University, San Diego, California; and Upstate University Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York (Ms Burke).
Abstract:
The effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) as health educators and health promoters among Latino populations is widely recognized. The Affordable Care Act created important opportunities to increase the role of CHWs in preventive health. This article describes the implementation of CHW-led, culturally specific, faith-based program to increase physical activity among churchgoing Latinas. This study augments previous research by describing the recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation of CHWs for a physical activity intervention targeting multiple levels of the Social Ecological Model.
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