scholarly journals Community Health Advisor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Advisor

scholarly journals Diffusion of cancer education information through a Latino community health advisor program

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M. Navarro ◽  
Rema Raman ◽  
Lori J. McNicholas ◽  
Oralia Loza
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
Community Health Advisor

scholarly journals A Community Health Advisor Program to reduce cardiovascular risk among rural African-American women

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Cornell ◽  
M. A. Littleton ◽  
P. G. Greene ◽  
L. Pulley ◽  
J. N. Brownstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Community Health ◽  
African American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Community Health Advisor

The Community Health Advisor Program and the Deep South Network for Cancer Control

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Hinton ◽  
Jennifer Downey ◽  
Nedra Lisovicz ◽  
Susan Mayfield-Johnson ◽  
Freddie White-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Community Health Advisor

110. A Novel Teen Community Health Advisor Program to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. S67
Author(s):  
Courtney Howard ◽  
Allison G. Litton ◽  
Shawna Reshard ◽  
Yu-Mei Schoenberger ◽  
Mirjam-Colette Kempf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Community Health Advisor

scholarly journals Addressing the Social Vulnerability of Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese Community through the Development of Community Health Advisors

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3892
Author(s):  
Susan Mayfield-Johnson ◽  
Danielle Fastring ◽  
Daniel Le ◽  
Jane Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
War Trauma ◽  
Competency Assessment ◽  
Vietnamese Community ◽  
Social Vulnerabilities ◽  
Mississippi Gulf Coast ◽  
Community Health Advisor

Background: Resiliency is the ability to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to stressors from adverse events. Social vulnerabilities (limited access to resources, political power, and representation; lack of social capital; aspects of the built environment; health inequities; and being in certain demographic categories) can impact resiliency. The Vietnamese population living along the Mississippi Gulf Coast is a community that has unique social vulnerabilities that impact their ability to be resilient to adverse events. Objectives: The purpose of this project was to address social vulnerability by implementing and evaluating a volunteer Community Health Advisor (CHA) project to enhance community resiliency in this community. Methods: A program implemented over eight three-hour sessions was adapted from the Community Health Advisor Network curriculum that focused on healthy eating, preventing chronic conditions (hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and poor mental health). Topics also included leadership and capacity development skills. Results: Participants (n = 22) ranged from 35 to 84 years of age. Most were female (63.6%), married (45.5%), unemployed (63.6%), had annual incomes of <$10,000, and had high school diplomas (68.2%). Community concerns were crime (50.0%), volunteerism (40.0%), language barriers (35.0%), and food insecurity (30.0%). Approximately 75% had experienced war trauma and/or refugee camps, and 10% had experienced domestic violence. Scores on the Community Health Advisor Core Competency Assessment increased from pre-test to post-test (t = −5.962, df = 11, p < 0.0001), as did SF-8 scores (t = 5.759, df = 17, p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Strategies to reduce vulnerabilities in the Vietnamese community should include developing interventions that address health risks and strengths and focus on root causes of vulnerability.

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