Session: Evaluating the Integrated Health Outreach System Project: a 4-year Effort to Improve Access to Care and Health Status Among Colonia Residents Along the Texas/Mexico Border
3266.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Evaluating the Integrated Health Outreach System Project: a 4-year Effort to Improve Access to Care and Health Status Among Colonia Residents Along the Texas/Mexico Border
The Integrated Health Outreach System Project is a 4 year initiative, jointly funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Health Services and Resources Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care ($5 million). The overall goal is to explore how a community health development approach which incorporates lay health workers (Promotoras) can increase access to care and health status among residents of low income, isolated communities (colonias) in Hidalgo County. The project was initiated in November 2001. There are three purposes for this panel: (1) to familiarize members of the audience with the Integrated Health Outreach System project, (2) to discuss the evaluation design and its different components, (3) to present preliminary data from each of those components, and (4) to discuss collateral projects growing from this initiative. The moderator will facilitate a discussion among the panelists and include the audience through an on-going question and answer process.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the Integrated Health Outreach System project; (2) describe the evaluation design and its different components, (3) list preliminary data from each of those components, and (4) describe collateral projects growing from this initiative.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):James N Burdine, Dr PH
Moderator(s):Michael R.J. Felix
2:30 PMDeveloping an integrated health outreach system for colonia residents along the Texas-Mexico border
Michael R.J. Felix, Craig H. Blakely, PhD, MPH, James N Burdine, Dr PH, Alicia Dorsey, PhD, Isidore Flores, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Ann Millard, PhD, Katherine I. Miller, PhD, Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH, Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH
2:45 PMDesign considerations in the evaluation of the Integrated Health Outreach System Project
Craig H. Blakely, PhD, MPH, James N Burdine, Dr PH, Alicia Dorsey, PhD, Michael R.J. Felix, Isidore Flores, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Ann Millard, PhD, Katherine I. Miller, PhD, Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH, Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH
3:00 PMHousehold evaluation of an integrated health outreach project targeting Colonia residents in Hidalgo County, Texas
Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH, Craig H. Blakely, PhD, MPH, Martha Conkling Tromp, MSPH
3:15 PMEvaluating the partnership process: Preliminary results from measuring collaboration among participants in the Integrated Health Outreach System project
Alicia Dorsey, PhD, Katherine I. Miller, PhD, Craig H. Blakely, PhD, MPH, James N Burdine, Dr PH, Michael R.J. Felix, Isidore Flores, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Ann Millard, PhD, Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH, Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH
3:30 PMChanging roles of promotoras: Preliminary observations from the Integrated Health Outreach System project
Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH, Craig H. Blakely, PhD, MPH, James N Burdine, Dr PH, Alicia Dorsey, PhD, Michael R.J. Felix, Isidore Flores, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Ann Millard, PhD, Katherine I. Miller, PhD, Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH
3:45 PMCollateral initatives: Intended and unintended consequences of the Integrated Health Outreach System (IHOS) project
James N Burdine, Dr PH, Craig H. Blakely, PhD, MPH, Alicia Dorsey, PhD, Michael R.J. Felix, Isidore Flores, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Ann Millard, PhD, Katherine I. Miller, PhD, Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:International Health; Latino Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

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