The goal of this hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial is to test the extent to which a peer support and community resource navigation intervention improves psychological well-being, addresses non-biologic drivers of health (access to healthcare, supportive services, nutrition, housing stability, transportation, chronic stress, social support), and thus reduces cardiometabolic risk among rural, low-income farmworker women aged 18-50 years. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* If and to what extent does the intervention reduce stress, social isolation, and psychological distress by improving social support and access to needed resources? * If and to what extent does the intervention improve cardiometabolic health, measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score?
Researchers will compare the CHW-led Sisters for Heart Health intervention to a Basic intervention (LE8 assessment and resource information) to assess the effect of peer support and community resource navigation on heart health outcomes.
Self-identified female employed as a farmworker;
Fluent in Spanish or English verbal literacy
Planning to be in the geographic area for a minimum of 6 months.
Cognitive or psychological impairment precluding informed consent and/or active participation in the study due to substance use, neurologic, or other disorder
Pregnant or breastfeeding.
Emory University
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Collaborator