The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Building Community Through Partnership: The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership
3271.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Building Community Through Partnership: The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership
This session presents strategies employed to evaluate a community-based partnership model on Detroit's east side. The partnership utilizes a lay health advisor model and participatory research processes to involve several organizations throughout neighborhoods in the area of Detroit.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Edith A. Parker, DrPH
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:35 PMEvaluating a community health worker program: The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership
Amy Schulz, PhD, Barbara A. Israel, MPH, PhD, Murlisa Lockett, MA, Yolanda Hill, MSW, Edith A. Parker, DrPH, Shannon Zenk, MPH, Kelly Baber, Sharon Sand, MPP
2:55 PMAssessing the impact of the East Side Village Health Worker Partnership on Village Health Workers, Steering Committee members and our working relationships
Sharon Sand, MPP, Amy Schulz, PhD, Geneva Miller, Cindy Jones, Sheryl Weir, MPH
3:15 PMPhysical and social environment and fruit and vegetable consumption among women living on the east side of Detroit: A formative evaluation of the Healthy Eating and Exercise to reduce Diabetes (HEED) project
Shannon Zenk, MPH, Teretha Hollis-Neely, Robin Nwankwo, MS, Gloria Hill, Gloria Watkins, Nellie Holmes, Amy Schulz, PhD
3:35 PMHow have we made a difference?: Assessing community change
Alex Allen, MA, Edith A. Parker, DrPH, Sharon Sand, MPP, Amy Schulz, PhD, Murlisa Lockett, MA, Barbara A. Israel, MPH, PhD
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA