Salud Para Su Carozón--a Latino promotora-led cardiovascular health education program

Fam Community Health. 2012 Apr-Jun;35(2):111-9. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3182465058.

Abstract

Salud Para Su Carozón is a culturally sensitive, community-based program to increase heart healthy knowledge and behaviors among Latinos. Promotoras were trained using a 10-session manual to teach participants from 7 communities about heart disease risk factors and skills to achieve heart healthy behaviors. In 435 participants with pre-to-post self-reported data, there were increases in physical activity outside of work (57%-78%), heart health knowledge (49%-76%), and confidence in preparing heart healthy meals (66%-81%) (all Ps < .001). Results suggest that promotoras can provide effective health education to improve heart health risk behaviors in select Latino communities.

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / ethnology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Community Health Services / organization & administration
  • Community Health Workers / education*
  • Cooking / methods
  • Exercise / psychology
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* / ethnology
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Latin America / ethnology
  • Manuals as Topic
  • Patient Education as Topic*
  • Program Development*
  • United States / epidemiology