The objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of community-based disease self-management support from promotoras, English–Spanish bilingual community health workers, versus the effectiveness of usual care, in improving patient depression and overall health at safety net health systems serving Latino patients with depression and co-occurring diabetes or heart disease
Project page: Working with Bilingual Community Health Worker Promotoras to Improve Depression and Self-Care among Latino Patients with Long-Term Health Problems
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Ell, DPH
Organization: University of Southern California
Original project title: A Helping Hand to Activate Patient-Centered Depression Care among Low-Income Patients (AHH)
HSRProj ID: 20143390
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02147522
To cite this document, please use: Ell K, Aranda M, Wu S., et al. 2018. Working with Bilingual Community Health Worker Promotoras to Improve Depression and Self-Care among Latino Patients with Long-Term Health Problems. Washington, DC: Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). https://doi.org/10.25302/3.2018.AD.13047364
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