This year, The San Francisco Promotores Referral Network won the APHA Community Health Workers Award. This award is given at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting to recognize community health workers’ dedication to their work and the benefits they bring to their communities.

During the early days of the pandemic, it became clear that COVID-19 was disproportionately impacting the Latinx community in San Francisco. In response, promotores stepped up to provide culturally appropriate services using their connections within communities they intended to serve. The team learned multiple new data and communications platforms and were able to transition their work to remote public health activities.

Read the full article on the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences website.