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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Marilyn Rodney, MS and Angela Lunsford, CHA. Center for Healthy Communities, Sinclair Community College, 444 W Third Street, Rm 13204, Dayton, OH 45402
Community Health Workers referred to as Community Health Advocates or Advisors frequently live in the communities in which they work. They are the public in public health. Their passion to improve the health status of their communities is motivated by personal and humanitarian reasons. Since 1992, community residents trained as CHAs have been improving the quality of life for many Montgomery County, Ohio residents. Their training as a generalist with completion of modules on specific community health topics has prepared them to work in many areas of public health. The CHAs contributions to improving public health have earned them opportunities to provide outreach and follow-up for many community health initiatives. The federally mandated outreach for the Healthy Start/Healthy Families Medicaid program is one of these programs. Their efforts in this program have produced a 30% increase in children receiving health care. In addition to working collaboratively with Jobs and Family Service Center, local hospitals and referral agency, the CHAs work with many other local health and social service providers improving outcomes for other community health programs including, Lead Poisoning Prevention and Cancer Early Detection.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to
Keywords: Access to Health Care, Community Collaboration
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.