SONRISA: A Curriculum Toolbox
Find out how you can use this curriculum as a tool in addressing mental health and diabetes
The SONRISA curriculum was designed to train promotores on how to address the prevention and management of depression together with the prevention and management of diabetes. Noticing the limited resources promotores had to work with, Dr. Reinschmidt and Dr. Chong, both affiliated with the University of Arizona, responded by developing SONRISA: A Curriculum Toolbox for Promotores. It is available for download in both English and Spanish.
According to Reinschmidt and Chong, SONRISA can be used:
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To train the trainer (promotores/CHWs) regarding ways to prevent or manage depression in a disease prevention and intervention program
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To help decrease work-related emotional burnout of the promotores/CHWs as a result of helping clients cope with chronic diseases and other daily issues.
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As educational material in classes for patients, their families and community members.
To download this information in English, please click here.
Funded in conjunction with the 2004 Healthy Gente/Healthy Border Mini Grant (ADHS/USMBHC) and the Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion (SWCCHP), a community-based participatory intervention and research program funded by the CDC, community health workers or promotores now have an extra tool at their disposal.
More information on the authors can be found below:
Corresponding Author: Kerstin M. Reinschmidt, PhD, MPH, Research Associate, Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion (previously known as Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion), Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave, Room A220, P.O. Box 245211, Tucson, AZ 85724-5211. Telephone: (520) 626-8565. E-mail: kerstin@u.arizona.edu.
Author Affiliation: Jenny Chong, Native American Research and Training Center, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
