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Associations and community health workers: analysis and time trends over ten years of training-action
Affiliation:1. Public Health Centre of Valencia, General Directorate of Public Health, Council of Universal Healthcare and Public Health, Regional Government of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;2. General Directorate of Public Health, Council of Universal Healthcare and Public Health, Regional Government of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;3. Águilas Sur Health Centre, Águilas (Murcia), Spain;4. Castellón I Prison, Castellón, Spain;5. ACOEC Association – MIHSALUD Program, Valencia, Spain;6. University of Sheffield, ScHARR, Sheffield, United Kingdom;7. PACAP, Regional Government of Valencia, Spain;8. Public Health Centre of Alzira, Council of Universal Healthcare and Public Health, Regional Government of Valencia, Alzira (Valencia), Spain;9. FISABIO Foundation, Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo analyse the profile of the persons and associations that participated in the course, quantify peer education activities and analyse their evolution.MethodA quantitative study using an analysis of the course records from 2009 to 2018 was designed for this purpose inside mihsalud program designed to promote health amongst persons in vulnerable situations in the city of Valencia (Spain). It offers a yearly training-action course of community health workers (CHW) that is attended by persons who have been proposed by associations. The associations were defined according to their population (immigrant, local or intercultural) and the CHWs according to gender, country of birth, year of course, association and continuity after training. Means and confidence intervals were calculated at 95% and a bivariate analysis was conducted in order to compare the activities that took place in 2009 to 2013 with those of 2014 to 2018. The time trends were analysed by applying linear regression models that included the different years studied as the dependent variable.Results201 CHW of 31 nationalities were trained, 81.6% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 75.5-86.7] were women. Eighty-two associations participated, 51.2% (95% CI: 39.9-62.4] worked with culturally diverse populations. Participation by associations (p = .017) and CHWs (p = .377) increased in a statistically significant manner over the years. After the course, 35.3% (95% CI: 28.7-42.4] of the CHWs continued to collaborate voluntarily in the associations.ConclusionsThe results of the CHW training-action course improve over time given that a significant increase in participation by associations and women can be seen, along with a greater number of activities completed during the training. One effect of this is that CHWs are contracted or carry out voluntary activities in the associations.
Keywords:Community health workers  Non-governmental organizations  Culture  Community participation  Health promotion  Health education  Agentes de salud de base comunitaria  Organizaciones no gubernamentales  Cultura  Participación comunitaria  Promoción de la salud  Educación sanitaria
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