Who are promotoras de salud?

Promotoras de salud are community members trained in basic health education. Bilingual and bicultural Promotoras offer in-home services to local Hispanic families, distributing educational materials and offering information about locally available services. Promotoras work as a team and are ready to help you improve your health. Information and education are available in both English and Spanish.

Focus groups and in-depth ethnographic interviews with community members in Southeast Idaho and Guanajuato, México are being used to explore the ways local Hispanics understand the illnesses. Using this information Promotoras have developed culturally sensitive and literacy level appropriate educational materials on the following health themes: Diabetes, Cervical/Uterine Cancer, and Breast Cancer. Current research focuses on Domestic Violence, Maternal and Child Health, and HIV/AIDS.

Please visit the Hispanic Health Projects Website at http://www.isu.edu/~carteliz

Elizabeth Cartwright Project Director Phone: 208-282-2529 carteliz@isu.edu	Diana Campanella-Schow Project Coordinator Phone: 208-282-4390 campdian@isu.edu
Hispanic Health Projects Idaho State University Anthropology Department Campus Box 8005 Pocatello, ID 83209 Phone: 208-282-4390 Fax: 208-282-4390	American Falls Outreach Office 615 Fort Hall Avenue American Falls, ID 83211 Phone/Fax: 208-226-1298