5039.0 What External and Internal Support Mechanisms are in Place for CHWs

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 8:30 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Carl H. Rush, MRP

8:30 AM
Building community capacity to reduce infant mortality and low birthweight in a rural and diverse population
Linda Greaver, Director
        
8:45 AM
Boston Community Health Worker Initiative: CHW leadership drives a new comprehensive career advancement model
Roma Goodlander, MBA, Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, PhD and Cindy Marti, MPH
  
9:00 AM
Teens reaching teens: Use of peer outreach workers in family planning clinics
Nancy Berglas, MHS, Abigail Arons, Lauren Ralph, MPH, M. Antonia Biggs, PhD and Claire Brindis, DrPH
     
9:15 AM
Linking underserved clients to prenatal care and community resources
Katie Daily, BA and Laura Charles-Horne, BS
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Community Health Workers SPIG
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Community-Based Public Health Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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