In 2015, PromoSalud implemented and presented the (CHA) Community Health Assessment, and community members were a key part of a lengthy qualitative and quantitative analysis of the community. The same year, we hosted a Hackathon under the Center for Healthy Communities. Community members and stakeholders were a key part of our Hackathon and our App development. We were very proud to utilize Community Participatory Research practices throughout the entire process. Our mobile application was designed as part of our Community-Based Initiative. Our goal is to support community members in accessing resources in the Rundberg area and address language barriers through a translating mobile application.

In 2016, we started the Rundberg Community Innovation Zone (CHIP) Community Health Improvement Plan and identified the need for a Place-Based Initiative because of that engagement process. The community recommended our Mobile application, which consists of a local resource directory as well as a speech-to-text function, to support the Rundberg Community. We were happy to place the first Kiosk at a local store with our Rundberg Community Resource Application. Thanks to the CHIP recommendations, we embarked on our community Health Worker training in Rundberg with great success. Some of our certified Community Health Workers are serving the Rundberg community as part of our collaboration with the City of Austin Office of Sustainability, AISD, Austin Voices, Caritas of Austin, and The Refugee Center. Our Promotoras are working in the community addressing residents’ needs, such as: physical activity, language, transportation, medical appointment support, medical navigation, follow-ups, food access issues, referrals to WIC, and basic need assistance to their patients, as well as enrollments to health insurance and community benefits.

Our Team in action