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Tobacco cessation services through community health workers for Spanish-speaking populations

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  • Martinez-Bristow, Z.
  • Sias, J.J.
  • Urquidi, U.J.
  • Feng, C.

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Partnerships were established with the University of Arizona's Healthcare Partnership to train promotores-Spanish-speaking community health workers-as tobacco cessation counselors. Tobacco Free El Paso certified promotores to help identify tobacco users and offer tobacco cessation counseling services. The project certified 89 participants, of whom 95% were promotores; 88% were Hispanic/Latino, 67% were females, and 62% indicated Spanish as their primary language. Participants who completed Técnicas Básicas, Treatment Specialist, and Déjate de ese Vicio certifications significantly increased self-confidence levels to deliver brief smoking cessation interventions (P

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  • Martinez-Bristow, Z. & Sias, J.J. & Urquidi, U.J. & Feng, C., 2006. "Tobacco cessation services through community health workers for Spanish-speaking populations," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 96(2), pages 211-213.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.063388_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.063388
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    1. Marcia M. Tan & Shariwa Oke & Daryn Ellison & Clarissa Huard & Anna Veluz-Wilkins, 2023. "Addressing Tobacco Use in Underserved Communities Outside of Primary Care: The Need to Tailor Tobacco Cessation Training for Community Health Workers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(8), pages 1-11, April.

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