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Recent CRCPHP Presentations (PowerPoint):
CRCPHP posters:
Steps Forward/Pasos Adelante Curriculum
The Steps Forward/Pasos Adelante curriculum focuses on healthy food choices and preparation, chronic disease risk, community health, and participant advocacy. It is an
adaptation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) program Your Heart, Your Life/Su corazón, su vida. The adaptation of the curriculum occurred in partnership with community health outreach workers from the Mariposa Community Health Center (MCHC) in Nogales, Arizona and Regional Center for Border Health, Inc./Western Area Health Education Center (RCBH/WAHEC) in Somerton, Arizona and faculty and staff at The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. The Steps Forward/Pasos Adelante program expands the NHLBI’s Your Heart, Your Life/Su corazón, su vida curriculum to include additional information about diabetes, community advocacy, and how to organize walking groups. In addition, the Steps Forward/Pasos Adelante curriculum has been expanded to include information on emotional/mental health. The program focuses on increasing regular physical activity and healthy food choices.
English Version
Spanish Version
SONRISA: A Curriculum Toolbox for Promotores/Community Health Workers to Address Mental/Emotional Health Associated with Diabetes
SONRISA was designed for promotores/Community Health Workers (CHWs) to use in their work with clients to prevent or manage diabetes and its mental/emotional health complications. It was developed in response to a need expressed by promotoras working with the Border Health Strategic Initiative (BHSI) program and CRCPHP community partners. Addressing depression and other mental/emotional distress along with diabetes will increase the effectiveness of chronic disease prevention and health promotion interventions. Growing out of a community-based participatory research project, the bilingual curriculum was completed in December 2005.
SONRISA Toolbox (English version)
SONRISA Toolbox (Spanish version)
Digital Stories
Throughout history, story has been used to teach, to express, to advocate, and to organize. It is through the sharing of stories that we remember our past, understand our present, and imagine our future. For public health professionals, stories can be an effective tool to create dialogue, to conduct outreach, and to increase awareness of health issues in underserved communities. Digital Storytelling is an innovative methodology that integrates participants' own voice, existing images, and video clips into brief first person narratives that can engage others into a given subject.
Salud Para Mi (SPM) is a 3-year Health Resources and Services Administration funded program, implemented by Platicamos Salud, Mariposa Community Health Center’s Health Promotion/Disease Prevention department in Nogales, Arizona. SPM is tailored to overweight and obese women to assist them in weight management, physical activity, stress management and tobacco use cessation and prevention. The approach includes a team made up of a promotora de salud , a nutritionist and a physical activity fitness specialist. SPM decided to utilize Digital Storytelling to highlight participants' experiences and assess the impact of the program.
"Life is a Battlefield" by Rita Perez Abreu
Steps to a Healthier Arizona Initiative Final Evaluation Report
Arizona was one of four State-Coordinated /Rural Communities to receive funding during the initial cycle of the Steps to a Healthier US Initiative (2003-2008), a unique partnership was developed under the leadership of the Arizona Department of Health Services to reach the culturally diverse, rural communities in southern Arizona located along the U.S. –Mexico border. Local leadership included partners at the Cochise County Health Department, Mariposa Community Health Center-Placticamos Salud, the Tohono O’odham Department of Health and Human Services, and the University of Arizona Yuma County Cooperative Extension. An additional 60 subcontractors and affiliated partners including the Arizona Department of Education and the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health collaborated in the Steps to a Healthier Arizona Initiative to address its key health priority areas of asthma, obesity and diabetes. The Steps to a Healthier Arizona Initiative Final Evaluation Report is a culmination of the efforts undertaken over the course of five years in several communities located in Cochise, Santa Cruz and Yuma Counties and the Tohono O’odham Nation.
Final Evaluation Report (2003-2008)
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