Exploring the learning preferences of farmworker-serving community health workers.
Health Info Libr J
; 41(2): 195-200, 2024 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38616382
ABSTRACT
Community health workers are responsible for finding, processing, and transferring health information to communities with limited access to health-related resources, including farmworkers. This paper is the culmination of an undergraduate student research project to explore the learning processes and preferences of farmworker-serving community health workers in the USA. The project was designed for students from farmworker or agricultural backgrounds at two North Carolina universities and was supported by a North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services workforce development grant. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, in person and virtually, with a convenience sample of 17 current and former community health workers. The interview data were analysed thematically and identified a preference for a combination of learning styles, with visual and hands-on learning being the most preferred. Community health workers also identified the importance of learning preferences in relation to their responsibilities as health educators. This study provides librarians, along with public health and medical professionals, with useful information about learning preferences to inform the creation of new and varied learning materials for community health workers.
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Texto completo:
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Agentes Comunitários de Saúde
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Fazendeiros
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Info Libr J
Assunto da revista:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos