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Session: New and Emerging Roles for CHWs, Including Researchers, Patient Navigators, Trainers etc
5042.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
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New and Emerging Roles for CHWs, Including Researchers, Patient Navigators, Trainers etc
There is a growing body of literature and research that supports the use of CHWs in the continuum of care provided to patients. It is important that we are intentional about documenting the range of responsibilities that these positions can take part in. This session will look at agencies with pioneering approaches to employing and using CHWs as trainers of trainers, researchers, partners in collaborations with other key stakeholders, and supports for behavioral changes within the family unit.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1) Illustrate methodologies used to train CHWs as researchers. 2) Demonstrate methods community health advocates used to document and evaluate the impact of their interventions.
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:40 AMRole of Community Workers as Health Information Brokers for Genetic Literacy  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jesus Sanchez, MS, Andel Nicasio, BA, Rosita Romero, MSW, Nellie Rivera, MS, Franklin Ortiz, MS, Miriam Canaan, BS
8:55 AMCommunity Health Workers as trainers for health information exchange  [ Recorded presentation ]
Katherine L. Cauley, PhD, Mary M. Crimmins, MA, CPEHR, CPHIT, Karen Doty
9:10 AMCommunity Health Worker to Community Health Researcher: Project Management Tools for Staff Training and Data Collection  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ebele O. Benjamin, MPH, Monique Kusick, Micaela H. Coady, MS, Tinka Markham Piper, MPH, CSW, Sarah Sisco, MPH, MSW, Princess Fortin, MPH
9:25 AMReducing overweight in tribal toddlers through Community Health Advocate home visits: The Toddler Overweight and Tooth Decay Study (TOTS)
Tam D. Lutz, MPH, MHA, Njeri Karanja, PhD, RD, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, PhD, MPH
9:40 AMDiscussion
9:55 AMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Workers SPIG
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus; 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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