Poder es Salud / Power for Health
PI - Stephanie Ann Fraquhar
Multnomah County Health Department
The goal of Poder es Salud/Power for Health is to increase the capacity of
members of the African American and Latino communities in Multnomah County,
Oregon, to identify health issues and address health promotion and disease
prevention, through the intervention of Community Health Workers (CHWs) who use
Popular Education. By focusing on the implementation of an approach to
conducting participatory research and program development, Poder es Salud/Power
for Health will indicate how to increase participation of community members in
defining the research questions, conducting and analyzing the research, and
interpreting and applying the research findings. Poder es Salud/Power for Health
assesses the impact of the participatory approach in these two communities by
measuring change in the level of community social capital
The specific aims of Poder es Salud/Power for Health are as follows:
- To identify culturally-specific elements of an effective CHW intervention in the African American and Latino communities;
- To identify supportive policies and environments that allow CHWs and community members to effectively identify and address health issues; and
- To determine how social capital both influences and results from an effective participatory approach to identifying and addressing health promotion and disease prevention.
Outcomes of Poder es Salud will include enhanced understanding about how to involve community members in identifying and addressing health problems, improved ability to use the CHW model to promote health and prevent disease, and better understanding of the relationship between social capital and this participatory approach.
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