DOI: 10.1007/s10389-022-01812-1">
 

Training community health navigators in the public health workforce to respond during the COVID-19 pandemic

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Department/School

Nursing

Publication Title

Journal of Public Health

Abstract

Aim To describe the process of engaging underserved communities of color that designs, conducts, and evaluates community-engaged COVID-19 Community Health Navigator training on COVID-19: Vaccination, Prevention, and Contact Tracing.Subject and methods The project used a mixed-methods design; 18 community health navigators (CHNs) representing Asian American, Arab American, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latinx communities completed the pretest, training, and post-test. Demographic characteristics, along with knowledge and confidence level questions regarding COVID-19 issues, were gathered in pre- and post-tests. Qualitative data were collected via open-ended questions in post-tests.Result sFindings suggest that the community health navigator training successfully increased participants' knowledge of COVID-19-related topic areas and confidence in educating community members regarding COVID-19 vaccination and prevention. Qualitative evaluation contained information learned and found most helpful, and application and utilization plans for CHNs' follow-up work.Conclusion The process of community health navigator training and evaluation results adds important insights to the current COVID-19 pandemic workforce literature and can inform future trainings.

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T.-Y. Wu and J. L. Hoffman are faculty members in EMU's School of Nursing.

C. M. Chow is a faculty member in EMU's Department of Psychology.

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DOI: 10.1007/s10389-022-01812-1

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