The RWHP uses Participatory Action Research approaches to develop education tools and develop campaigns to positively impact the well-being of the community.

Research strategies include the use of surveys, health assessments, community exchange sessions and in-depth coordination with community-based organizations and service providers.
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Pongamanos de Acuerdo (Levy County, FL)
A community-developed magazine for Hispanics on family planning and birth control. Special sections on youth, how to prepare for your medical appointment and more.

Community Health Worker Program Development 

Puentes para la vida (Lake County, FL)

Collaboration with Lake County for the launching of a countywide Hispanic community health worker program. Project included developing an Hispanic Community Health Survey, producing La Guía, the Spanish-language health care resource guide, and developing community-based materials initially focusing on diabetes.

Vivir a todo pulmón (Live Life to its Fullest)

A partnership with the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center.  Vivir a todo pulmón was a 3-year community-based participatory research campaign, which resulted in the development of materials to educate Spanish-speaking, Hispanic communities about TB prevention, testing and treatment. To enhance the campaign’s success, cultural competency workshops were held in Tennessee and Florida to bridge the gap between the situation of Hispanic Immigrants as it relates to TB prevention, testing and treatment. Campaign tools included.

Pizcando Sueños

These farmworking women's stories reflect how the deeply profound beliefs and instilled values that the women bring with them from Mexico are constantly challenged by migration, acculturation, their children and machismo.

Positive Voices

Working with AIM (Aid to Inmate Mothers) and the Alabama Department of Corrections, the RWHP facilitated a testimonial media project with HIV+ inmates in Tutweiler Women’s Prison. The goal was for the women to use their experiences and perspectives to develop a prevention magazine that would serve as a tool for HIV+ inmate mothers, to provide guidance to incarcerated men and women about HIV/AIDS and real-life suggestions for its prevention. Funded by the Southern HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiative of the Pfizer Foundation.