From the community, trusted, lived experience, life literate, bridging, valued & valuable. Russell Bennett shares his experience with Promotores and Promotoras.

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Proem 00:47. 1

Introducing Russell Bennett 03:16. 1

Community Health Workers, Promotoras. PotAto, potahto? 06:03. 2

Community Health Resources and CHWs for vaccination 12:03. 3

In Promotoras we trust 15:20. 4

Local Health Departments and Promotoras 18:48. 4

Win-win for doctors, nurses, and CHWs 23:57. 6

Investing in CHW Research 27:00. 6

Farm Workers 29:19. 7

Reflection 31:21  7

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Credits
Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger

Web/social media coach, Kayla Nelson
Sponsored by Abridge

Thanks to these fine people who inspired me for this episode: Janice Tufte, Alma McCormick, Kristin Carman, Brendaly Rodriguez, Regina Greer-Smith, Bevin Croft, Neely Williams, Umair Shah, Laurie Wasserstein, Keith Scott, Teresa Wright-Johnson

Links
Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)

US Mexico Border Health Commission

Latino Health Solutions at United Healthcare
1. California - Non-profit promotora organization in California:
Vision y Compromiso (Vision and Commitment)
https://visionycompromiso.org/
Established in 2000, Visión y Compromiso (VyC) is a nationally respected organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of underrepresented communities. Today, we are the only organization in California providing comprehensive and ongoing leadership development, capacity building, advocacy training, and support to over 4,000 Promotores and Community Health Workers.
Highly trained community experts and trusted members of their communities, promotores are characterized by servicio de corazon (service from the heart). They educate, empower and advocate for community change in linguistically and culturally sensitive and responsive ways sharing a desire to improve their communities so that all families may know a better way of life. Our Network of Promotoras and Community Health Workers provides the guidance and direction for our organization resulting in innovative programs and policies that respond to the needs of Promotores and the communities they represent.
VyC unites promotores and the organizations they represent as one voice behind a vision of a life with dignity and health for all.
2. Arizona - Regional Center for Border Health Regional Border Health Clinics
3. Texas - Office of Border Public Health, Texas Department of Health Services
Border Health Focus Areas:  https://www.dshs.texas.gov/borderhealth/focus_areas.aspx
Like any community, whether large or small – urban or rural, they share several common themes to ensure cohesion. The Texas border is no different.