Dedicated Promotoras Spread “Chisme de Salud”

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of community health workers, particularly Latina health navigators like Hilda, in promoting health awareness in Latino neighborhoods.

Excerpt... Hilda mostly works in neighborhoods with higher Latino concentrations, such as Cicero, Pilsen and Berwyn. Half of the work is driving around the city to talk to people about what they have, where to go and to help people make the appointments. The other half is learning. "O sea, tengo muchas actividades." ("In other words, I have a lot of activities.") Add to all that — caring for her family. Hilda is the mother of four. She is among the 86,000 community health workers in the U.S. and part of the 1,200 in Chicago. Nearly a quarter of these frontline workers in Chicago are Latina. Many of them between 40 and 60. Health navigators like her build trust across all areas related to health, she says. 100LatinaBirthdays.com

People in this episode

Guest: Hilda

Topics covered

• community health
• Latina health workers
• health navigation
• family care
• trust building

Keywords

• community health workers
• Latina
• health navigation
• Cicero
• Pilsen
• Berwyn
• trust
• appointments
• family care

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S., Chicago

Places: Cicero, Pilsen, Berwyn

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