Twombly Eric C, Holtz Kristen D, Stringer Kimberly
J Soc Serv Res. 2012 May 1;38(3):305-312. doi: 10.1080/01488376.2011.633804. Epub 2012 Apr 24.
Promotores are community lay health workers, who provide outreach and services to Latinos. Little research on the promotores programs exists and the focus of this article is to identify the challenges faced by community-based nonprofits when implementing promotores programs. To explore this type of program telephone interviews were conducted with ten promotores academic experts and nonprofit executives. The results suggest that implementation challenges fall into three major categories: the lack of standardized information on promotores programs, labor issues, and organizational costs. Future recommendations are made which highlight promotores recruitment and retention strategies, and the development of a clearinghouse of programmatic implementation information for community-based nonprofits.
社区健康促进员是社区的非专业健康工作者，他们为拉丁裔人群提供外展服务。目前关于社区健康促进员项目的研究较少，本文的重点是确定社区非营利组织在实施社区健康促进员项目时所面临的挑战。为了探究这类项目，我们对十位社区健康促进员学术专家和非营利组织高管进行了电话访谈。结果表明，实施过程中的挑战主要分为三大类：缺乏关于社区健康促进员项目的标准化信息、劳动力问题以及组织成本。本文还提出了未来的建议，重点强调了社区健康促进员的招募和留用策略，以及为社区非营利组织建立一个项目实施信息交流中心。
