RT Article
T1 Health Promotion in the Community: Impact of Faith-Based Lay Health Educators in Urban Neighborhoods
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 55
IS 3
SP 1089
OP 1096
A1 Galiatsatos, Panagis 1987-
A1 Hale, W. Daniel
A2 Sundar, Siddhi
A2 Qureshi, Adil
A2 Ooi, Gavyn
A2 Teague, Paula
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1566594987
AB Promoting wellness and providing reliable health information in the community present serious challenges. Lay health educators, also known as community health workers, may offer a cost-effective solution to such challenges. This is a retrospective observational study of graduates from the Lay Health Educator Program (LHEP) at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center from 2013 to 2014. Students were enrolled from the surrounding community congregations and from the hospital’s accredited clinical pastoral education program. There were 50 events implemented by the lay health educators during the 2014-2015 time period, reaching a total of 2004 individuals. The mean time from date of graduation from the LHEP to implementation of their first health promotional event was 196 ± 76 days. A significant number of lay health educators implemented events within the first year after completing their training. Ongoing monitoring of their community activity and the clinical impact of their efforts should be a priority for future studies.
K1 Community Health
K1 Health Promotion
K1 Chaplain students
K1 Health literacy
K1 Lay health educators
DO 10.1007/s10943-016-0206-y