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2025-10-24T10:23:25Z urn:hdl:11351/13781 Training to Act (Formar para Actuar): Peer-to-Peer Education to Promote Health Among Vulnerable Immigrant Women in Barcelona (Spain) Ouaarab Essadek, Hakima Navarro Alonso, Marta Salomón Bisobe, Apolonia Peremiquel Trillas, Paula Fornaguera, Mar Gómez i Prat, Jordi Dones Immigrants Persones desfavorides Promoció de la salut Educació sanitària NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Vulnerable Populations NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Emigrants and Immigrants HEALTH CARE::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Services::Preventive Health Services::Health Education::Health Promotion HEALTH CARE::Population Characteristics::Health::Sexual Health HEALTH CARE::Population Characteristics::Health::Public Health NAMED GROUPS::Persons::Women DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::poblaciones vulnerables DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::emigrantes e inmigrantes ATENCIÓN DE SALUD::instalaciones, servicios y personal de asistencia sanitaria::servicios de salud::servicios preventivos de salud::educación en salud::promoción de la salud ATENCIÓN DE SALUD::Características de la Población::salud::salud sexual ATENCIÓN DE SALUD::instalaciones, servicios y personal de asistencia sanitaria::servicios de salud::servicios preventivos de salud::educación en salud DENOMINACIONES DE GRUPOS::personas::mujeres Community participation; Health promotion; Immigrants Participación comunitaria; Promoción de la salud; Inmigrantes Participació comunitària; Promoció de la salut; Immigrants “Formar para actuar” (FxA; “Training to act”) is an innovative peer-to-peer educational program that employs a training-action model with a gender and intercultural perspective. The program aims to enhance knowledge and empower immigrant women to advocate for health promotion within their communities. This study assesses FxA program’s impact on knowledge acquisition and participant satisfaction. Conducted across four FxA editions (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022), this before-and-after intervention study evaluates a structured two-module approach implemented consecutively in each edition. In Module 1 (Training), migrant women with leadership and community ties attended 12 h of training led by healthcare professionals, covering sexual and reproductive health and communication strategies. Those identifying a peer group advanced to Module 2 (Action), acting as peer educators and leading workshops. Self-reported questionnaires covering sociodemographics, knowledge and satisfaction, were collected from both peer educators and participants. Knowledge impact comparisons before and after the intervention were performed using paired t-tests. Module 1 of the FxA program trained 29 migrant women as peer educators; 20 continued in Module 2, delivering workshops to 166 participants who faced higher vulnerability levels, including language barriers, fewer years in Europe, and lower educational levels. The study revealed significant knowledge improvements, particularly among women participants. Overall satisfaction was high. This study highlights the program’s effectiveness in transmitting health promotion messages within vulnerable environments by training immigrant women as peer educators. The findings provide valuable insights to implement the program in other regions and further reinforce its application in public health programs. 2025-10-24T10:23:25Z 2025-10-24T10:23:25Z 2025-10-06T08:51:39Z 2025-10-06T08:51:39Z 2025-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/11351/13781 Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health;27(5) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-025-01732-8 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Springer Scientia