Promotores de Salud working to prevent infection

November 30, 2020 — Earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors approved a six-month contact for a Promotores de Salud, or Spanish-speaking community health worker program with Nuestra Alianza, a non-profit organization in Willits. The contract, for up to $158,700, includes one lead community health worker and five part time promotores, who will provide Spanish-language education about covid-19 to the community that’s been hardest hit by the virus. A team of professional public health trainers will lead the workers through various scenarios and the complexities of communicating about often fraught subjects. The promotores are focusing especially on educating people about safe gatherings and staying safe at work, so they don’t bring the virus home to their families. You can call Nuestra Alianza about this program at (707) 456-9418.