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Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration
Promotoras de salud (promotoras) have been a valuable part of community research for Latino families, such as in the recruitment or delivery of health promotion programs. However, there has been limited discussion of how to integrate a promotora model into a father-focused program to support nutriti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517298/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811660 |
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author | Johnson, Cassandra M. Allicock, Marlyn A. Sharkey, Joseph R. Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée Gómez, Luis Prochnow, Tyler Laviolette, Chelsey Beltrán, Elva Garza, Luz M. |
author_facet | Johnson, Cassandra M. Allicock, Marlyn A. Sharkey, Joseph R. Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée Gómez, Luis Prochnow, Tyler Laviolette, Chelsey Beltrán, Elva Garza, Luz M. |
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description | Promotoras de salud (promotoras) have been a valuable part of community research for Latino families, such as in the recruitment or delivery of health promotion programs. However, there has been limited discussion of how to integrate a promotora model into a father-focused program to support nutrition and physical activity within Latino families. This manuscript’s purpose is to describe how to engage and collaborate with promotoras in a father-focused, family-centered program for Latino families living in colonias near the U.S.–Mexico border. As part of a longstanding community–academic partnership, the authors outline approaches and lessons learned from collaboration with promotoras during the design (including formative work and training), implementation, and evaluation of a behavioral program—¡Haz Espacio para Papi! (HEPP, Make Room for Daddy!). Promotoras’ contributions supported the entire program, from design through evaluation. The team of all-female promotoras created a balance between the needs and preferences of the community and the goals and requirements of the research. While there is considerable time and human capital required for collaboration, the mutual benefits can make this work meaningful to all involved. |
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spelling | pubmed-95172982022-09-29 Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration Johnson, Cassandra M. Allicock, Marlyn A. Sharkey, Joseph R. Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée Gómez, Luis Prochnow, Tyler Laviolette, Chelsey Beltrán, Elva Garza, Luz M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Promotoras de salud (promotoras) have been a valuable part of community research for Latino families, such as in the recruitment or delivery of health promotion programs. However, there has been limited discussion of how to integrate a promotora model into a father-focused program to support nutrition and physical activity within Latino families. This manuscript’s purpose is to describe how to engage and collaborate with promotoras in a father-focused, family-centered program for Latino families living in colonias near the U.S.–Mexico border. As part of a longstanding community–academic partnership, the authors outline approaches and lessons learned from collaboration with promotoras during the design (including formative work and training), implementation, and evaluation of a behavioral program—¡Haz Espacio para Papi! (HEPP, Make Room for Daddy!). Promotoras’ contributions supported the entire program, from design through evaluation. The team of all-female promotoras created a balance between the needs and preferences of the community and the goals and requirements of the research. While there is considerable time and human capital required for collaboration, the mutual benefits can make this work meaningful to all involved. MDPI 2022-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9517298/ /pubmed/36141933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811660 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Johnson, Cassandra M. Allicock, Marlyn A. Sharkey, Joseph R. Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée Gómez, Luis Prochnow, Tyler Laviolette, Chelsey Beltrán, Elva Garza, Luz M. Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration |
title | Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration |
title_full | Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration |
title_fullStr | Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration |
title_full_unstemmed | Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration |
title_short | Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration |
title_sort | promotoras de salud in a father-focused nutrition and physical activity program for border communities: approaches and lessons learned from collaboration |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517298/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811660 |
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