Office of Minority Health

HHS Office of Minority Health E-Learning Program for Promotores de Salud

Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes in an e-learning program desgined to develop culturally and linguistically competent messengers, advocates and educators to promote health and wellness among their peers and within their communities. The program is available through promotores.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov.

This course, available in English and Spanish, is designed for any promotor/a de salud or community health worker, regardless of years of experience or the type of outreach in which they are engaged.

Promotores, also known as community health workers, peer leaders, patient navigators or health advocates, play an important role in promoting community-based health education and prevention in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, particularly in communities and for populations that have been historically underserved and uninsured.

You can access and complete this online course on OMH's Think Cultural Health website.