The Promotores Model

Promotores are our answer to the nation's growing disparity between the racial and ethnic composition of the healthcare workforce and that of the U.S. population. Promotores are volunteer community members and paid frontline public health workers who are members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of a particular community, such as Hispanic/Latino communities. They generally share the ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status and life experiences of the community members they serve. These social attributes enable promotores to serve as liaisons between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to and enrollment in healthcare and wellness services.

What Promotores Do

Some of the many ways promotores serve the community:

Enhance provide-patient communicationProvide resources on preventative careEnforce adherence to treatmentFollow up on treatmentRefer community members to providersHelp with disease self-managementHelp individuals navigate the healthcare system

Additionally, promotores build individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.

Courses by Accreditation - Texas Health Steps

Texas Health Steps' award-winning online program offers FREE CE courses for primary care providers and other health professionals. These courses offer updated clinical, regulatory, and best practice guidelines for a range of preventive health, oral health, mental health, and case management topics.

Follow the link to see available courses: PROMOTOR(A)/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM