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Sabo, Samantha; Flores, Melissa; Wennerström, Ashley; Bell, Melanie L; Verdugo, Lorena; Carvajal, Scott; Ingram, Maia Community health workers promote civic engagement and organizational capacity to impact policy Journal Article Journal of Community Health, 42 (6), pp. 1197-1203, 2017. @article{Sabo2017b, title = {Community health workers promote civic engagement and organizational capacity to impact policy}, author = {Samantha Sabo and Melissa Flores and Ashley Wennerström and Melanie L Bell and Lorena Verdugo and Scott Carvajal and Maia Ingram}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-017-0370-3}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-06-06}, journal = {Journal of Community Health}, volume = {42}, number = {6}, pages = {1197-1203}, abstract = {Community health workers (CHW) have historically served to link structurally vulnerable populations to broad support systems. Emerging evidence suggests that CHWs engage in various forms of advocacy to promote policy and systems change. We assessed the impact of CHW community advocacy on community change, defined as civic engagement, organizational capacity and policy and systems change. Data are drawn from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (N = 1776) aimed to identify the state of the CHW profession, and their impact on health disparities through community advocacy and policy engagement. Our primary analysis used multiple linear regression to assess the association between CHW advocacy and community change. As predicted, there was a significant, positive association between CHW advocacy and change in community conditions. Additionally, both adjusted and sensitivity models had similar standardized beta estimates for advocacy, and adjusted R 2 statistics. CHW advocacy predicts positive change in community conditions and further advances the CHW Community Advocacy Framework designed to support and monitor CHW community advocacy to reduce health disparities through advocacy and policy change.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Community health workers (CHW) have historically served to link structurally vulnerable populations to broad support systems. Emerging evidence suggests that CHWs engage in various forms of advocacy to promote policy and systems change. We assessed the impact of CHW community advocacy on community change, defined as civic engagement, organizational capacity and policy and systems change. Data are drawn from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (N = 1776) aimed to identify the state of the CHW profession, and their impact on health disparities through community advocacy and policy engagement. Our primary analysis used multiple linear regression to assess the association between CHW advocacy and community change. As predicted, there was a significant, positive association between CHW advocacy and change in community conditions. Additionally, both adjusted and sensitivity models had similar standardized beta estimates for advocacy, and adjusted R 2 statistics. CHW advocacy predicts positive change in community conditions and further advances the CHW Community Advocacy Framework designed to support and monitor CHW community advocacy to reduce health disparities through advocacy and policy change. |
Reinschmidt, Kerstin M; Ingram, Maia; Schachter, Kenneth; Sabo, Samantha; Verdugo, Lorena; Carvajal, Scott The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 38 (3), pp. 244-253, 2015. @article{Reinschmidt2015, title = {The Impact of Integrating Community Advocacy Into Community Health Worker Roles on Health-Focused Organizations and Community Health Workers in Southern Arizona}, author = {Kerstin M Reinschmidt and Maia Ingram and Kenneth Schachter and Samantha Sabo and Lorena Verdugo and Scott Carvajal}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26049654}, doi = {10.1097/JAC.0000000000000092}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-08-01}, journal = {The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management}, volume = {38}, number = {3}, pages = {244-253}, abstract = {Organizational environments may encourage community health workers (CHWs) to engage community members in improving their communities. We conducted open-ended interviews and focus groups to explore how participation in the Acción intervention, which trained CHWs in community advocacy, affected organizational capacity to support their CHWs. Supervisors described improved organizational recognition and trust of CHWs. Organizational leaders reported organizational benefits and increased appreciation of CHW leadership. Both expressed increased interest in future advocacy trainings. Limiting factors included organizational mission, CHW position descriptions, and funding. Findings indicate that, with training and funding, CHW community advocacy can be integrated into organizations with congruent missions.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Organizational environments may encourage community health workers (CHWs) to engage community members in improving their communities. We conducted open-ended interviews and focus groups to explore how participation in the Acción intervention, which trained CHWs in community advocacy, affected organizational capacity to support their CHWs. Supervisors described improved organizational recognition and trust of CHWs. Organizational leaders reported organizational benefits and increased appreciation of CHW leadership. Both expressed increased interest in future advocacy trainings. Limiting factors included organizational mission, CHW position descriptions, and funding. Findings indicate that, with training and funding, CHW community advocacy can be integrated into organizations with congruent missions. |
Teufel-Shone, Nicolette; Fitzgerald, Carrie; Teufel-Shone, Louis; Gamber, Michelle American Journal of Public health, 23 (6), pp. S8-S32, 2009. @article{Teufel-Shone2009, title = {Systematic review of physical activity interventions implemented with American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States and Canada}, author = {Nicolette Teufel-Shone and Carrie Fitzgerald and Louis Teufel-Shone and Michelle Gamber}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19601485}, doi = {10.4278/ajhp.07053151}, year = {2009}, date = {2009-08-01}, journal = {American Journal of Public health}, volume = {23}, number = {6}, pages = {S8-S32}, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To describe physical activity (PA) interventions implemented in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in the United States and Canada. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, PubMed, ERIC, and Sociological Abstracts were used to identify peer-reviewed journal articles. Dissertation abstracts, Web sites, and conference proceedings were searched to identify descriptions within the gray literature from 1986 to 2006. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: The target population had to be described as AI/ AN, aboriginal, native Hawaiian, and/or native U.S. Samoan. PA interventions among indigenous populations of Latin America were not included. DATA EXTRACTION: Descriptions of 64 different AI/AN PA interventions (28 peer-reviewed journal articles and 36 in the gray literature) were identified. DATA SYNTHESIS: Data were synthesized by geographic region, intervention strategy, target audience, activities, and sustainability. RESULTS: Most interventions were conducted in the southwest United States (35.4%), in reservation communities (72%), and among participants 18 years and younger (57.8%). Forty-one percent of the 27 interventions with evaluation components reported significant changes in health, behavior, or knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: Effective AI/AN PA interventions demonstrated impact on individual health and community resources. Program sustainability was linked to locally trained personnel, local leadership, and stable funding. Culturally acceptable and scientifically sound evaluation methods that can be implemented by local personnel are needed to assess the health and social impact of many long-running AI/AN PA interventions.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } OBJECTIVE: To describe physical activity (PA) interventions implemented in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in the United States and Canada. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, PubMed, ERIC, and Sociological Abstracts were used to identify peer-reviewed journal articles. Dissertation abstracts, Web sites, and conference proceedings were searched to identify descriptions within the gray literature from 1986 to 2006. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: The target population had to be described as AI/ AN, aboriginal, native Hawaiian, and/or native U.S. Samoan. PA interventions among indigenous populations of Latin America were not included. DATA EXTRACTION: Descriptions of 64 different AI/AN PA interventions (28 peer-reviewed journal articles and 36 in the gray literature) were identified. DATA SYNTHESIS: Data were synthesized by geographic region, intervention strategy, target audience, activities, and sustainability. RESULTS: Most interventions were conducted in the southwest United States (35.4%), in reservation communities (72%), and among participants 18 years and younger (57.8%). Forty-one percent of the 27 interventions with evaluation components reported significant changes in health, behavior, or knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: Effective AI/AN PA interventions demonstrated impact on individual health and community resources. Program sustainability was linked to locally trained personnel, local leadership, and stable funding. Culturally acceptable and scientifically sound evaluation methods that can be implemented by local personnel are needed to assess the health and social impact of many long-running AI/AN PA interventions. |
Ingram, Maia; Sabo, Samantha; Rothers, Janet; Wennerstrom, Ashley; de Zapien, Jill Guernsey Community Health Workers and community advocacy: addressing health disparities Journal Article Journal of Community Health, 33 (6), pp. 417-424, 2008. @article{Ingram2008, title = {Community Health Workers and community advocacy: addressing health disparities}, author = {Maia Ingram and Samantha Sabo and Janet Rothers and Ashley Wennerstrom and Jill Guernsey de Zapien}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18584315}, doi = {10.1007/s10900-008-9111-y}, year = {2008}, date = {2008-12-01}, journal = {Journal of Community Health}, volume = {33}, number = {6}, pages = {417-424}, abstract = {The Community Health Worker model is recognized nationally as a means to address glaring inequities in the burden of adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. This study explored Arizona CHW involvement in advocacy beyond the individual patient level into the realm of advocating for community level change as a mechanism to reduce the structural underpinnings of health disparities. A survey of CHWs in Arizona found that CHWs advocate at local, state and federal political levels as well as within health and social service agencies and business. Characteristics significantly associated with advocacy include employment in a not for profit organization, previous leadership training, and a work environment that allows flexible work hours and the autonomy to start new projects at work. Intrinsic characteristics of CHWs associated with advocacy include their belief that they can influence community decisions, self perception that they are leaders in the community, and knowledge of who to talk to in their community to make change. Community-level advocacy has been identified as a core CHW function and has the potential to address structural issues such as poverty, employment, housing, and discrimination. Agencies utilizing the CHW model could encourage community advocacy by providing a flexible working environment, ongoing leadership training, and opportunities to collaborate with both veteran CHWs and local community leaders. Further research is needed to understand the nature and impact of CHW community advocacy activities on both systems change and health outcomes.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The Community Health Worker model is recognized nationally as a means to address glaring inequities in the burden of adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. This study explored Arizona CHW involvement in advocacy beyond the individual patient level into the realm of advocating for community level change as a mechanism to reduce the structural underpinnings of health disparities. A survey of CHWs in Arizona found that CHWs advocate at local, state and federal political levels as well as within health and social service agencies and business. Characteristics significantly associated with advocacy include employment in a not for profit organization, previous leadership training, and a work environment that allows flexible work hours and the autonomy to start new projects at work. Intrinsic characteristics of CHWs associated with advocacy include their belief that they can influence community decisions, self perception that they are leaders in the community, and knowledge of who to talk to in their community to make change. Community-level advocacy has been identified as a core CHW function and has the potential to address structural issues such as poverty, employment, housing, and discrimination. Agencies utilizing the CHW model could encourage community advocacy by providing a flexible working environment, ongoing leadership training, and opportunities to collaborate with both veteran CHWs and local community leaders. Further research is needed to understand the nature and impact of CHW community advocacy activities on both systems change and health outcomes. |
Trotter, Robert; Sengir, Gulcin H; Briody, Elizabeth K The Cultural Processes of Partnerships Book Chapter Partnering for organizational performance: collaboration and culture in the global workplace, Chapter 1-2, pp. 3-54, Rowman & Littlefield, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-7425-6014-7. @inbook{Trotter2008, title = {The Cultural Processes of Partnerships}, author = {Robert Trotter and Gulcin H Sengir and Elizabeth K Briody}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/title/partnering-for-organizational-performance-collaboration-and-culture-in-the-global-workplace/oclc/230049690/viewport}, isbn = {978-0-7425-6014-7}, year = {2008}, date = {2008-01-01}, booktitle = {Partnering for organizational performance: collaboration and culture in the global workplace}, pages = {3-54}, publisher = {Rowman & Littlefield}, chapter = {1-2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |
2017 |
Sabo, Samantha; Flores, Melissa; Wennerström, Ashley; Bell, Melanie L; Verdugo, Lorena; Carvajal, Scott; Ingram, Maia Community health workers promote civic engagement and organizational capacity to impact policy Journal Article Journal of Community Health, 42 (6), pp. 1197-1203, 2017. @article{Sabo2017b, title = {Community health workers promote civic engagement and organizational capacity to impact policy}, author = {Samantha Sabo and Melissa Flores and Ashley Wennerström and Melanie L Bell and Lorena Verdugo and Scott Carvajal and Maia Ingram}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-017-0370-3}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-06-06}, journal = {Journal of Community Health}, volume = {42}, number = {6}, pages = {1197-1203}, abstract = {Community health workers (CHW) have historically served to link structurally vulnerable populations to broad support systems. Emerging evidence suggests that CHWs engage in various forms of advocacy to promote policy and systems change. We assessed the impact of CHW community advocacy on community change, defined as civic engagement, organizational capacity and policy and systems change. Data are drawn from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (N = 1776) aimed to identify the state of the CHW profession, and their impact on health disparities through community advocacy and policy engagement. Our primary analysis used multiple linear regression to assess the association between CHW advocacy and community change. As predicted, there was a significant, positive association between CHW advocacy and change in community conditions. Additionally, both adjusted and sensitivity models had similar standardized beta estimates for advocacy, and adjusted R 2 statistics. CHW advocacy predicts positive change in community conditions and further advances the CHW Community Advocacy Framework designed to support and monitor CHW community advocacy to reduce health disparities through advocacy and policy change.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Community health workers (CHW) have historically served to link structurally vulnerable populations to broad support systems. Emerging evidence suggests that CHWs engage in various forms of advocacy to promote policy and systems change. We assessed the impact of CHW community advocacy on community change, defined as civic engagement, organizational capacity and policy and systems change. Data are drawn from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey (N = 1776) aimed to identify the state of the CHW profession, and their impact on health disparities through community advocacy and policy engagement. Our primary analysis used multiple linear regression to assess the association between CHW advocacy and community change. As predicted, there was a significant, positive association between CHW advocacy and change in community conditions. Additionally, both adjusted and sensitivity models had similar standardized beta estimates for advocacy, and adjusted R 2 statistics. CHW advocacy predicts positive change in community conditions and further advances the CHW Community Advocacy Framework designed to support and monitor CHW community advocacy to reduce health disparities through advocacy and policy change. |
2015 |
Reinschmidt, Kerstin M; Ingram, Maia; Schachter, Kenneth; Sabo, Samantha; Verdugo, Lorena; Carvajal, Scott The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 38 (3), pp. 244-253, 2015. @article{Reinschmidt2015, title = {The Impact of Integrating Community Advocacy Into Community Health Worker Roles on Health-Focused Organizations and Community Health Workers in Southern Arizona}, author = {Kerstin M Reinschmidt and Maia Ingram and Kenneth Schachter and Samantha Sabo and Lorena Verdugo and Scott Carvajal}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26049654}, doi = {10.1097/JAC.0000000000000092}, year = {2015}, date = {2015-08-01}, journal = {The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management}, volume = {38}, number = {3}, pages = {244-253}, abstract = {Organizational environments may encourage community health workers (CHWs) to engage community members in improving their communities. We conducted open-ended interviews and focus groups to explore how participation in the Acción intervention, which trained CHWs in community advocacy, affected organizational capacity to support their CHWs. Supervisors described improved organizational recognition and trust of CHWs. Organizational leaders reported organizational benefits and increased appreciation of CHW leadership. Both expressed increased interest in future advocacy trainings. Limiting factors included organizational mission, CHW position descriptions, and funding. Findings indicate that, with training and funding, CHW community advocacy can be integrated into organizations with congruent missions.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Organizational environments may encourage community health workers (CHWs) to engage community members in improving their communities. We conducted open-ended interviews and focus groups to explore how participation in the Acción intervention, which trained CHWs in community advocacy, affected organizational capacity to support their CHWs. Supervisors described improved organizational recognition and trust of CHWs. Organizational leaders reported organizational benefits and increased appreciation of CHW leadership. Both expressed increased interest in future advocacy trainings. Limiting factors included organizational mission, CHW position descriptions, and funding. Findings indicate that, with training and funding, CHW community advocacy can be integrated into organizations with congruent missions. |
2009 |
Teufel-Shone, Nicolette; Fitzgerald, Carrie; Teufel-Shone, Louis; Gamber, Michelle American Journal of Public health, 23 (6), pp. S8-S32, 2009. @article{Teufel-Shone2009, title = {Systematic review of physical activity interventions implemented with American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States and Canada}, author = {Nicolette Teufel-Shone and Carrie Fitzgerald and Louis Teufel-Shone and Michelle Gamber}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19601485}, doi = {10.4278/ajhp.07053151}, year = {2009}, date = {2009-08-01}, journal = {American Journal of Public health}, volume = {23}, number = {6}, pages = {S8-S32}, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To describe physical activity (PA) interventions implemented in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in the United States and Canada. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, PubMed, ERIC, and Sociological Abstracts were used to identify peer-reviewed journal articles. Dissertation abstracts, Web sites, and conference proceedings were searched to identify descriptions within the gray literature from 1986 to 2006. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: The target population had to be described as AI/ AN, aboriginal, native Hawaiian, and/or native U.S. Samoan. PA interventions among indigenous populations of Latin America were not included. DATA EXTRACTION: Descriptions of 64 different AI/AN PA interventions (28 peer-reviewed journal articles and 36 in the gray literature) were identified. DATA SYNTHESIS: Data were synthesized by geographic region, intervention strategy, target audience, activities, and sustainability. RESULTS: Most interventions were conducted in the southwest United States (35.4%), in reservation communities (72%), and among participants 18 years and younger (57.8%). Forty-one percent of the 27 interventions with evaluation components reported significant changes in health, behavior, or knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: Effective AI/AN PA interventions demonstrated impact on individual health and community resources. Program sustainability was linked to locally trained personnel, local leadership, and stable funding. Culturally acceptable and scientifically sound evaluation methods that can be implemented by local personnel are needed to assess the health and social impact of many long-running AI/AN PA interventions.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } OBJECTIVE: To describe physical activity (PA) interventions implemented in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in the United States and Canada. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, PubMed, ERIC, and Sociological Abstracts were used to identify peer-reviewed journal articles. Dissertation abstracts, Web sites, and conference proceedings were searched to identify descriptions within the gray literature from 1986 to 2006. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: The target population had to be described as AI/ AN, aboriginal, native Hawaiian, and/or native U.S. Samoan. PA interventions among indigenous populations of Latin America were not included. DATA EXTRACTION: Descriptions of 64 different AI/AN PA interventions (28 peer-reviewed journal articles and 36 in the gray literature) were identified. DATA SYNTHESIS: Data were synthesized by geographic region, intervention strategy, target audience, activities, and sustainability. RESULTS: Most interventions were conducted in the southwest United States (35.4%), in reservation communities (72%), and among participants 18 years and younger (57.8%). Forty-one percent of the 27 interventions with evaluation components reported significant changes in health, behavior, or knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: Effective AI/AN PA interventions demonstrated impact on individual health and community resources. Program sustainability was linked to locally trained personnel, local leadership, and stable funding. Culturally acceptable and scientifically sound evaluation methods that can be implemented by local personnel are needed to assess the health and social impact of many long-running AI/AN PA interventions. |
2008 |
Ingram, Maia; Sabo, Samantha; Rothers, Janet; Wennerstrom, Ashley; de Zapien, Jill Guernsey Community Health Workers and community advocacy: addressing health disparities Journal Article Journal of Community Health, 33 (6), pp. 417-424, 2008. @article{Ingram2008, title = {Community Health Workers and community advocacy: addressing health disparities}, author = {Maia Ingram and Samantha Sabo and Janet Rothers and Ashley Wennerstrom and Jill Guernsey de Zapien}, url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18584315}, doi = {10.1007/s10900-008-9111-y}, year = {2008}, date = {2008-12-01}, journal = {Journal of Community Health}, volume = {33}, number = {6}, pages = {417-424}, abstract = {The Community Health Worker model is recognized nationally as a means to address glaring inequities in the burden of adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. This study explored Arizona CHW involvement in advocacy beyond the individual patient level into the realm of advocating for community level change as a mechanism to reduce the structural underpinnings of health disparities. A survey of CHWs in Arizona found that CHWs advocate at local, state and federal political levels as well as within health and social service agencies and business. Characteristics significantly associated with advocacy include employment in a not for profit organization, previous leadership training, and a work environment that allows flexible work hours and the autonomy to start new projects at work. Intrinsic characteristics of CHWs associated with advocacy include their belief that they can influence community decisions, self perception that they are leaders in the community, and knowledge of who to talk to in their community to make change. Community-level advocacy has been identified as a core CHW function and has the potential to address structural issues such as poverty, employment, housing, and discrimination. Agencies utilizing the CHW model could encourage community advocacy by providing a flexible working environment, ongoing leadership training, and opportunities to collaborate with both veteran CHWs and local community leaders. Further research is needed to understand the nature and impact of CHW community advocacy activities on both systems change and health outcomes.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The Community Health Worker model is recognized nationally as a means to address glaring inequities in the burden of adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. This study explored Arizona CHW involvement in advocacy beyond the individual patient level into the realm of advocating for community level change as a mechanism to reduce the structural underpinnings of health disparities. A survey of CHWs in Arizona found that CHWs advocate at local, state and federal political levels as well as within health and social service agencies and business. Characteristics significantly associated with advocacy include employment in a not for profit organization, previous leadership training, and a work environment that allows flexible work hours and the autonomy to start new projects at work. Intrinsic characteristics of CHWs associated with advocacy include their belief that they can influence community decisions, self perception that they are leaders in the community, and knowledge of who to talk to in their community to make change. Community-level advocacy has been identified as a core CHW function and has the potential to address structural issues such as poverty, employment, housing, and discrimination. Agencies utilizing the CHW model could encourage community advocacy by providing a flexible working environment, ongoing leadership training, and opportunities to collaborate with both veteran CHWs and local community leaders. Further research is needed to understand the nature and impact of CHW community advocacy activities on both systems change and health outcomes. |
Trotter, Robert; Sengir, Gulcin H; Briody, Elizabeth K The Cultural Processes of Partnerships Book Chapter Partnering for organizational performance: collaboration and culture in the global workplace, Chapter 1-2, pp. 3-54, Rowman & Littlefield, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-7425-6014-7. @inbook{Trotter2008, title = {The Cultural Processes of Partnerships}, author = {Robert Trotter and Gulcin H Sengir and Elizabeth K Briody}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/title/partnering-for-organizational-performance-collaboration-and-culture-in-the-global-workplace/oclc/230049690/viewport}, isbn = {978-0-7425-6014-7}, year = {2008}, date = {2008-01-01}, booktitle = {Partnering for organizational performance: collaboration and culture in the global workplace}, pages = {3-54}, publisher = {Rowman & Littlefield}, chapter = {1-2}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } |