Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1072808 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Public Health |
| Volume | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2 2023 |
Keywords
- American Indian/Indigenous
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Latinx/Hispanic
- academic-community partnership
- community health representatives
- community health worker (CHW)
- mixed methods
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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