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Abstract：
Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC) employs Navegantes, who are specially-trained bilingual Community Health Workers (CHW), as key team members who improve the ability of the clinic to provide care for and improve the health status of a large population of uninsured Spanish-speaking patients in Providence, Rhode Island. Given the growing demand for CHWs at the clinic and in the broader healthcare sector in the state, CEHC developed the Advanced Navegante Training Program (ANTP). The ANTP prepares community members to become certified CHWs who are equipped to provide patient navigation and lifestyle coaching as well as professional medical interpretation services. The ANTP is developed and taught by CEHC Navegantes who themselves are bilingual and bicultural peers of trainees as well as the population that CEHC serves. Upon graduation, ANTP trainees have been able to attain higher-paying and fulfilling careers in a range of healthcare and other community settings. The ANTP offers a low-cost, community-based model for training CHWs who are uniquely prepared to promote health and well-being among medically underserved patients.
摘要：
ClínicaEsperanza/希望诊所（CEHC）雇用了Navegantes，他们是受过专门培训的双语社区卫生工作者（CHW），作为提高诊所为普罗维登斯大量无保险西班牙语患者提供护理和改善健康状况的能力的关键团队成员，罗德岛.鉴于诊所和该州更广泛的医疗保健部门对CHW的需求不断增长，CEHC制定了高级Navegante培训计划（ANTP）。ANTP准备社区成员成为认证的CHW，他们能够提供患者导航和生活方式指导以及专业的医疗口译服务。ANTP由CEHCNavegantes开发和教授，他们自己是学员的双语和双文化同龄人，也是CEHC服务的人口。毕业后,ANTP学员已经能够在一系列医疗保健和其他社区环境中获得高薪和充实的职业。ANTP提供低成本，以社区为基础的模式，用于培训CHWs，他们为促进医疗服务不足的患者的健康和福祉做好了独特的准备。
