The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Employing Lay Health Advisors as Change Agents in Community-Based Health Promotion Programs
3203.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Poster
Employing Lay Health Advisors as Change Agents in Community-Based Health Promotion Programs
This poster session provides excellent models of the use of lay leaders and lay advisors in public health education and health promotion programs. Each program is unique in the population it reaches and the approaches used to reach the audience of need.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Board 1Developing a lay health ambassador program in public housing: A community coalition approach
Amy C. Paulson, BS, Frances D. Butterfoss, PhD
Board 2Assessing the relationships among community and demographic characteristics in an inner-city population
Roy F. Oman, PhD, Michelle C. Kegler, DrPH, Cheryl Aspy, PhD, Sara K Vesely, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, LaDonna Marshall, Sharon Rodine, MEd
Board 3Materials for US East African Communities: Are We Speaking the Same Language?
Ahlam Mohammed, BA, 8/02, Linda Marie Morales, MA, Kendra Brandstein, MPH, MSW
Board 4Environmental Health Assessment and Training of Promotoras at Cameron Park Colonia, Brownsville, Texas
Irma N. Ramos, MD, Genny Carrillo-Zuniga, MD, ScD, Marlynn May, PhD, Kenneth S. Ramos, PhD
Board 5An effective method in promotion of message on breast health to the API community
Angela C. Sun, MPH, Jian Q. Zhang, RN, MS, FNP
Board 6Lay Health Advisors Effective in Controlling Hypertension and Diabetes
Karen Y. Boone, MN, MPH, RN, CS
Board 7Healthy homes initiative: Raising public awareness of children's environmental health
Bette Begleiter, MSW
Board 8Multicultural Outreach to Improve Health Access and Promote Healthy Behaviors
Lenora J. Sherard, MPH, Aurelia M. Moore, BS, RN, Joan L. Glick, RN, MSN, PNP, Mary L. Beane, BSN, MA
Board 9COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS: The Link to Integrating Communities and Health Research
Nedra Lisovicz, MPH, CHES, Susan Mayfield-Johnson, MPH, CHES
Board 10Decreasing health disparities in a metropolitan area: Implementation of a Hispanic community health worker diabetes intervention program
Kenneth S Babamoto, PharmD, MPH, Angela J Camilleri, MPH, MA, Jennifer S Pitts, PhD, Ann Pedreschi, MPH, Edna L Bush, RN, CCM, Donald Morisky, ScD, Carol A Falde, MN, RN, Julia D. Portale, MPH/MBA
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Gerontological Health; Public Health Nursing; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:Nursing, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA