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Table 1 Community Health Working Training Curriculum for Linking Individual Needs to Community and Clinical Services (LINKS)

From: Protocol for LINKS (linking individual needs to community and clinical services): a prospective matched observational study of a community health worker community clinical linkage intervention on the U.S.-Mexico border

Training Topic

Community Health Worker Core Consensus Roles [27] Addressed

Introduction to LINKS

and Human Subjects Research Training

• Participating in evaluation and research

REDCap Data Entry Training

• Participating in evaluation and research

Cultural Sensitivity and LINKS Participant Recruitment

• Advocating for individuals and communities

• Building individual and community capacity

• Cultural mediation among individuals, communities and health and social systems

• Providing coaching and social support

• Providing culturally appropriate health education and information

Emotional Well-being Techniques and Support

• Building individual and community capacity

• Providing coaching and social support

Cultural Factors Associated with Social Determinants of Health

• Advocating for individuals and communities

• Building individual and community capacity

• Care coordination, case management, and system navigation

• Cultural mediation among individuals, communities and health and social systems

• Providing coaching and social support

• Providing culturally appropriate health education and information

Qualitative Methods and Documentation

• Care coordination, case management, and system navigation

• Participating in evaluation and research

• Providing culturally appropriate health education and information