Preparing Community Health Workers for Their Role as Agents of Social Change
Experience of the Community Capacitation Center
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noelle Wiggins (Multnomah County Health Department), Samantha Kaan (Multnomah County Health Department), Teresa Rios-Campos (Multnomah County Health Department), Rujuta Gaonkar (Multnomah County Health Department), Elizabeth Rees Morgan (Multnomah County Health Department), Jamaica Robinson, Jamaica R M Robinson (0000-0002-1699-6178, Multnomah County Health Department) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 186-202 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10705422.2013.811622 |
| OpenAlex | W2118408347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 28 |
Current efforts to better integrate Community Health Workers (CHWs) into the health and social service systems are promising, but may be less effective if they fail to support the role of CHWs as social change agents. The way CHWs are trained influences the roles they play. In this article, we review the literature on CHW training and summarize lessons learned to date. We describe how the Community Capacitation Center in Oregon uses a combination of content, methodology, and values to prepare CHWs to make an optimal contribution to health. Recommendations for CHW training programs and policy makers are provided. Keywords: Community organizingcommunity capacity buildinggrassroots leadershipsocial changesocial justicecommunity building Acknowledgments We would like to recognize Samantha Kaan for her special contributions to this article. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Multnomah County Health Department. Notes 1The word capacitation is derived from the Spanish capacitación, which means, "the process of building capacity." We use capacitation in preference to the word training, which to us signifies a top-down process that does not acknowledge, draw out, or build on the knowledge and skills that all adults bring to any educational situation. In this article, we use both words interchangeably
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| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |