Effectiveness of CHWs Working Locally and Internationally

The lives of low- income newly arrived immigrant Latinos in the United States are currently compromised by serious health problems, which lack effective and lasting solutions. The efforts to determine lasting solutions to this growing crisis have been many and varied, often without continued success.

Not only will this presentation incorporate the work of CHWs as health educators, and advocates, it will also employ the methodology developed by Paulo Freire. The application of Freire's theory and methodology to the photovoice used in this presentation, gives it a unique dimension of human experience and authenticity, which derives relevant and meaningful results. This presentation, with a focus on the effectiveness of CHWs in the education of newly arrived immigrants will incorporate a domestic and international perspective. The combination of Freire's Participatory methods with the CHW's model, yields a clear and instructive picture of the CHW's potency as effective agents of social education, and disease prevention in newly arrived immigrant communities, both locally and internationally.