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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Community Health Workers In Action
3071.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Poster
Community Health Workers In Action
This poster session includes a range of presentations that explore process and outcome evaluations of CHW programs, with a particular emphasis on CHW participation in community-based research and evaluation efforts.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Fidelity and satisfaction with a Family Health Advocate intervention for African Americans and Latinos with type 2 diabetes
Gloria Palmisano, BS, MA, Michael Spencer, PhD, Jillian Memeo, Michael Anderson
Board 2Changing the change agent: Describing how community health advisors change
Susan Mayfield-Johnson, ABD, MPH, CHES, Brenda Booth, BSLW, Joe Ann Askew, BS, Angela Williams, CHW, Alice Hardy, CHW, Louise Jordan, BS, Clemmie Nelson-Morgan, BS, Tunga Nelson, CHW, Lillie Peterson, BA
Board 3Role of Doulas as Community Health Outreach Workers
Lisa Kane Low, CNM, PhD, FACNM, Amy Moffatt, MA, Patty Brennan
Board 4Operational considerations in developing and evaluating community health worker (CHW) programs treating malaria, pneumonia, and/or diarrhea in young children
Kate E. Gilroy, ScM, Amy E. Patterson, MHS, Eric A. Swedberg, MPH, Zana Daou, Seydou Doumbia, MD, PhD, Peter Winch, MD MPH
Board 5African-American community men trained as research partners to address prostate cancer health disparities
Theresa Ann Wynn, PhD, Donald Urban, MD, Michael Harris, MA, Frank Lawrence, MPH, Sanford Jeames, MA, Maria Norena
Board 6Let’s spread the word: Working toward a healthier community through Urban Health Care Workers
Carol Benson, BS, Hoa Nguyen, BS, Youngeun Park, BS, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, Susanne Montgomery, PhD, MPH, Marie Prosper, BS, Minzah Z. Malik, BS
Board 7Patient navigation pilot project: Results from the community health advisors in action program
Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH, Michelle Martin, PhD, Territa Poole, BS, Edward Partridge, MD, Ann Smith, MPH, Theresa Ann Wynn, PhD
Board 8Effective asthma community health worker interventions
Maura W. Dwyer, Elisa Nicholas, MD, MSPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Workers SPIG
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA