Integrating Worker Health Education in Community Agencies to Address Immigrant Worker Health: A Pilot Implementation Trial.

Abstract

This pilot trial aimed to determine implementation processes and outcomes to integrate basic worker health education (WHE B ) in co-ethnic, not directly worker-focused, community agencies that function as cultural-linguistic brokers and service providers to immigrants. A Chinese WHE B prototype was developed and implemented at Chinese, Pan-Asian, and nonprofit community-based and Chinese faith-based organizations ( N = 8). The implementation process (delivery model choice and areas for change) and outcomes (suitability and adoption sustainability) were evaluated qualitatively. The agencies selected four delivery models. Five agencies reached ≥70% of their target goal. Respondents described the chosen delivery models as suitable for the varying agency contexts. Three agencies continued WHE B ; reasons for continuing or not continuing were identified. Findings highlight strategies to enhance the uptake and diffusion of worker health educational interventions in community settings.