Community Health Advisor Training: A Transformational Learning Experience

Story, Lachel, Wyatt, Sharon, Winters, Karen

ISBN 10: 3847327909 / ISBN 13: 9783847327905

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Community Health Advisor Training: A Transformational Learning Experience
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847327909
• ISBN 13: 9783847327905
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Health disparities, insufficient healthcare provider numbers, and community participatory approaches have spawned an increased usage of community health advisors (CHA). Examination of CHA training is minimal. A case study was conducted with five women who completed CHA training to explore their experience. Interpretive synthesis was employed with two interviews and the investigator’s journalings. As the women came together to be trained, their stories told of an encounter where they gathered as learners in an experience that was personally transforming and communally enriching. Two patterns—Gathering the CHAs AS Learners and Gathering the CHAs AS Doers—and their related themes emerged from the CHAs’ stories. What was learned was their stories are familiar to all of us and show the complex issues of living in community—the constant pull of daily existence as they engaged in a never-ending struggle to create movement for themselves and others within the context of everyday mundane. Perhaps creating a nurturing, safe harbor for questioning where new thinking can occur has equipped these women with the learning tools to take their new-found roles and put it out into their community.

About the Author

Dr. Story, a Assistant Professor at The University of Southern Mississippi, has funded research in community-based participatory research with a focus on Community Health Advisors and health disparities. Publications and presentations include her research, innovative teaching strategies, program evaluation as well as a pathophysiology textbook.