2046.0 Innovative Community Health Worker Models

Sunday, November 4, 2007: 4:30 PM
Poster
CHW SPIG would like to offer an extra poster session on Sundday which would describe innovative projects that are using Community Health Workers. Demonstrating the project, outcomes and differences the project is making.
Session Objectives: Poster session to showcase innovative models using CHWs. 1. Discuss how the model is innovative. 2. Demonstrate through a poster format the project, outcomes and involvement of CHWs. 3. Demonstrate the innovation through pictures or demonstrations.
Organizer:
Anne Willaert, BS, LSW

Board 1
Value of a promotora-led diabetes education class for Latinos as part of the Chronic Care Model
Eric J. Gertner, MD, MPH, Hannah D. Paxton, RN, BSN, Lynn M. Deitrick, RN, PhD, Lissett Lahoz, BS, Nyann Biery, MS, Alicia Rivera, BA, Deborah Muro and Cynthia Atamian, BA
Board 2
A peer cunseling best practices model for diabetes management support among Latinos: The DIALBEST trial
Sonia Vega-López, PhD, Sofía Segura-Pérez, MS, RD, Grace Damio, MS, Jyoti Chhabra, PhD, Darrin D'Agostino, DO, MPH, Jane Querido, RD, CD-N, CDE, Maria-Luz Fernandez, PhD and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD
Board 3
Promotoras role in improving health outcomes and data collection: Findings from a diabetes self-management program among Latino patients
Carlos L. Flores, MPH(c), Joan Thompson, PhD, MPH, RD and Claire Horton, MD, MPH
Board 4
Data management and evaluation for a large-scale Community Health Worker project
Jason Salas
Board 5
Emerging Role of Community Health Workers as Leaders, Educators, and Liaisons for Their Communities
Carlos A. Ugarte, MSPH, Liany Elba Arroyo, MPH, CPH and Emilia M. Leal Gianfortoni
Board 6
Taking health into our own hands: Outcomes of a prostate cancer project
Theresa Wynn, PhD
Board 7
Role of community health workers in evaluating a Hmong nutrition education project
Patricia Wakimoto, DrPH, RD, Barbara Sutherland, PhD, Susan Donohue, MA, RD and Mai Yang
Board 8
Social-ecological obesity prevention: Measuring systemic interpenetration and multi-level impact of investing in promotoras human, social and political capital
Araceli Fernández-Cerdeño, MS, Barbara Baquero, PhD, MPH and John P. Elder, PhD, MPH
Board 9
Constructing a policy-based strategy for Community Health Workers: Promotora's Preparedness Network
Mercedes Duchicela, MPH
Board 10
Engaging Promotores and Community Health Workers in Public Health Preparedness
Dana Marie Telg, MPH, S. Kay Carpender, BS, D. Mercedes Duchicela, MPH, Crystal Stewart and Anna Graham, BA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Community Health Workers SPIG
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Community-Based Public Health Caucus

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