5100.0 Social Entrepreneurs: CHW Contributions to Health Literacy, Medical Homes and Health Reform

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Colleen Reinert, MPH

10:30am
Community Health Workers as the main characters of a Spanish soap opera: "Encrucijada: Sin Salud, No Hay Nada" (“Crossroads: Without Health, There Is Nothing”)
Cristina Bejarano, MPH, Jesus Fuentes, Mariana Enriquez, PhD and Anne Smith
        
10:50am
Delta CHWs: Combining Resources to Meet Social Needs through the Medical Home
Lynda Wyant, LCSW, Jane Calhoun and Karen Fox, PhD
     
11:10am
Role of the Community Health Worker in the Biobehavioral Early Childhood Caries Team Project
Burton L. Edelstein, DDS,MPH, Sergio Matos, BS, CHW and June Levine, MS, RD, CDN, CDE
        
11:30am
Project Wings Home Visits: Sending CHWs into the homes of struggling Latino teens to improve the health literacy of their parents
Evan Welo, Community Health Specialist, Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN and Estefania Alvarez-Zumarraga, Community Health Specialist
     

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Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Social Work

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