Community Health Worker Program
A Promotora Model
Grameen America (GAI) offers a health promotion program, Grameen Promotoras (GP), to promote healthy living and empower low-income, immigrant communities using a community health worker (Promotora) model.
GAI borrowers in the locations we serve are provided with the following services and support:
Weekly health and well-being educational workshops delivered by the Promotoras
Access to bilingual, caring, and confidential community health workers
Assistance with health system navigation, including referrals to existing community resources and local organizations
Access to the ADA Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test
About Grameen Promotoras
The GP program hopes to improve the health and well-being of participants by using a community health worker approach in a non-clinical setting.
We aim to show improvements in health, increased health care access and system use, and increased knowledge surrounding health-related topics critical to the participants themselves and their families. Recognizing that targeting social determinants of health is key to creating healthy communities, our program involves a wide spectrum of services designed to address a variety of our members’ needs.
Program highlights include:
Access to Basic Health Screenings
Diabetes risk assessment
Blood pressure
Sugar level testing (HbA1c)
Health Conversations
Promotoras deliver short educational workshops during the weekly Grameen America Center Meetings. Presentations cover a variety of topics including:
Nutrition
Physical activity
Mental health
Health literacy
Parenting
Women’s health
Health System Navigation and Referrals
Promotoras provide assistance in identifying and utilizing existing community resources. Key referral areas and support include:
Primary care physicians
Breast cancer screenings
Social services
Dental services
Vision services
Women’s health
Management of health-related costs and bills
Negotiated low-cost diagnostic tests and medications
