Session: Community Health Workers as Activists: Meeting the Needs of the Community
3114.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Community Health Workers as Activists: Meeting the Needs of the Community
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Sergio E Matos, BS
10:30 AMGuatemala's community health worker: Change agent and champion of maternal child health
Peggy Koniz-Booher, MPS, Zoel Leonardo, MD, Elena Hurtado, MPH
10:50 AMCommunity-Directed Health Interventions: Developing Innovative Partnerships between Local Health Departments, Community Collaboratives and Resident Community Health Workers
Concepcion James, BA, Bobbi Hicks, None, Angelica Matamoros, Kenneth Knight, BA
11:10 AMHolistic approach: A model for community health workers and their community
ReGina Tardy, CHW Coordinator, Carla Roberts, CHW, Sonia Batres, CHW
11:30 AMNeighborhood Health Messengers Empower Community Residents
Phyllis Kaye, MPA, Marcia Bayne-Smith, DSW, Patrick Chaulk, MD, MPH, Tammi Fleming
Organized by:Community Health Workers SPIG
Endorsed by:Medical Care; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus; Spirit of 1848 Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA