Recruitment, Training, and Roles of the Bilingual, Bicultural Navegantes: Developing a Specialized Workforce of Community Health Workers to Serve a Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Population in Rhode Island
Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC) employs Navegantes, who are specially-trained bilingual Community Health Workers (CHW), as key team members who improve the ability of the clinic to provide care for and improve the health status of a large population of uninsured Spanish-speaking patients in Pro...
Main Authors: | Meghan McCarthy, Katherine Barry, Cindy Estrada, Brenda Veliz, Damaris Rosales, Morgan Leonard, Anne S. De Groot |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.666566/full |
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