Recruitment, Training, and Roles of the Bilingual, Bicultural Navegantes: Developing a Specialized Workforce of Community Health Workers to Serve a Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Population in Rhode Island

Recruitment, Training, and Roles of the Bilingual, Bicultural Navegantes: Developing a Specialized Workforce of Community Health Workers to Serve a Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Population in Rhode Island

Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC) employs Navegantes, who are specially-trained bilingual Community Health Workers (CHW), as key team members who improve the ability of the clinic to provide care for and improve the health status of a large population of uninsured Spanish-speaking patients in Pro...

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Main Authors: Meghan McCarthy, Katherine Barry, Cindy Estrada, Brenda Veliz, Damaris Rosales, Morgan Leonard, Anne S. De Groot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
community health worker
community-based job training
health promotion
patient navigation
medical interpretation
Spanish-speaking communities of the US
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.666566/full

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