Training Needs of Community Health Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Texas: A Cross-Sectional Study

Courtney Byrd-Williams; Mollie Ewing; E. Lee Rosenthal; Julie Ann St. John; Paige Menking; Floribella Redondo; Stephanie Sieswerda

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.689946

Frontiers in Public Health (Jun 2021)

Training Needs of Community Health Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Texas: A Cross-Sectional Study

Courtney Byrd-Williams,
Mollie Ewing,
E. Lee Rosenthal,
Julie Ann St. John,
Paige Menking,
Floribella Redondo,
Stephanie Sieswerda

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Courtney Byrd-Williams: Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Mollie Ewing: Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States
E. Lee Rosenthal: Department of Medical Education, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX, United States
Julie Ann St. John: Julia Jones Matthews Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, TX, United States
Paige Menking: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Floribella Redondo: Arizona Community Health Workers Association, Yuma, AZ, United States
Stephanie Sieswerda: Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, TX, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.689946
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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The COVID-19 pandemic has required the professional healthcare workforce not only to adjust methods of delivering care safely but also act as a trusted sources of information during a time of uncertainty and rapid research and discovery. The Community Health Worker COVID-19 Impact Survey is a cross-sectional study developed to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on this sector of the healthcare workforce, including training needs of those working through the pandemic. The survey was distributed in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. This study focuses on Texas, and the data presented (n = 693) is a sub-set of qualitative data from the larger survey. Results of the content analysis described in this paper are intended to inform current COVID-19-related CHW training curriculum, in addition to future infectious disease prevention and preparedness response trainings.

Published in Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN: 2296-2565 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health

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