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Session: Documenting Outcomes and CHW Program Evaluation
4208.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Documenting Outcomes and CHW Program Evaluation
Over the past several decades there has been a growing body of research that documents the positive impacts of CHWs in improving and increasing access and utilization of health services. However, there continues to be a dearth of evidence documenting the cost-effectivenes of these interventions. During this session participants will learn about methods to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of employing CHWs, explore using a quasi-experimental design to track program's effects a long-term care service, participate in interactive tour of an online database, and identify multiple strategies to measure outcomes.
Learning Objectives: Participants will:discuss the challenges in making a business case for CHW programs. identify different methodologies use to measure the effectiveness of CHWs in program interventions. Identify effectiv approaches to designing and implementing CHW-led interventions.
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:40 PMChallenges in evaluating cost-effectiveness of CHW programs  [ Recorded presentation ]
M. Kate Stewart, MD, MPH, Holly C. Felix, PhD, Glen Mays, PhD, MPH, Naomi Cottoms, Mabel Harris, Petrina Otey
2:55 PMPromotora-led changes in nutrition and physical activity among Hispanic residents of the Texas Rio Grande Valley  [ Recorded presentation ]
Leticia Gomez, Mirasol Bravo, Deborah Jean McClelland, MLS, Jill De Zapien
3:10 PMProviding CHWs Access to Data Collected by the CHW Programs Inventory Project  [ Recorded presentation ]
Paul W. Philpot, MS, Lisa Renee Siciliano, LSWA, Agnes W. Hinton, DrPH, RD
3:25 PMUsing community health workers to link persons with disabilities to long-term care: Findings from a first-year evaluation  [ Recorded presentation ]
Glen Mays, PhD, MPH, M. Kate Stewart, MD, MPH, Holly C. Felix, PhD, Naomi Cottoms
3:40 PMDiscussion
3:55 PMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Workers SPIG
Endorsed by:Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Latino Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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