239815 Enhancing Leadership and Advocacy in Community Health Workers

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 10:30 AM

Kenneth Schachter, MD , Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Maia Ingram, MPH , Deputy Director, Arizona Prevention Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Lourdes Fernandez, Promotora , Mel and Enid Zuckerman of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Hannah Hafter, MPH , Southeast Arizona AHEC, Nogales, AZ
Perry Gast , Univerity of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ
Kerstin Reinschmidt, PhD, MPH , Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Darcy Dixon , University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Nogales, AZ
Evelyn Whitmer , University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Sierra Vista, AZ
Gail Emrick, BA, MPH , Southeast Arizona Health Education Center, Nogales, AZ
Jill de Zapien, BA , Associate Dean for Community Programs, University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (UA MEZCOPH ), Tucson, AZ, AZ
Lourdes Paez-Badii , Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center, Nogales, AZ
Susan Lange , Chiricahua Community Health Center, Inc., Douglas, AZ
     
Action for Health is a CBPR project with a primary aim of enhancing Promotora (CHW) community advocacy skills and activities through training, technical assistance and support. To accomplish this, we've developed an innovative advocacy and leadership development curriculum with our community partners that uses and builds upon existing resources.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education

Learning Objectives:
Describe a Promotora community advocacy/leadership curriculum developed with community partners in a CBPR project. Discuss the development process, key competencies,and early implementation feedback

Keywords: Advocacy, Community Health Promoters

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I am an investigator in the project I will be describing and have been closely involved in its development and implementation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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