Empodérate

Outcomes

• 76 promtores de salud trained
• Reach: shared with 2,734 Latino families 
• 406 sessions replicated

The promotores were asked during 6-month follow-up phone interviews to identify training information that was most helpful to their participants.  Top themes that emerged included how to talk to your doctor (n=19), awareness of patient rights and respectful treatment of patients (n=15), a holistic view of health (e.g. emotional, spiritual, physical, mental) (n=15), how to prepare for a medical appointment (n=10), the Senderos booklets (booklets for health and medication management), chronic disease management (n=12), palliative care definition (n=9), how families can support the palliative care process, medication management support, a better understanding of end-of-life care. Simply creating awareness that help exists was also mentioned as the most helpful component of the workshop.

“El conocer que tienen derechos como pacientes y se mostraron muy agradecidos por proporcionarles el libro de Senderos ya que esto les facilitará más cómo manejar sus medicinas: cómo las toman, para qué sirven, cada cuándo las tomas, efectos secundarios, si tiene alergias, si tienen exámenes próximos, o cuáles ya tienen. En si, dijeron que será su guía de hoy en adelante.” (The knowledge that they have rights as patients and they were very thankful for the Senderos books since those will help them manage their medications: how to take them, what they are for, when to take them, what secondary effects to expect, what to do if you have an allergic reaction, if you have up-coming exams, or which you have already completed. In short, they said it would be their guide from today forward.)