3426.0 Building Healthy Communities - Community Health Workers, Cultural Competency & Health Equity

Monday, October 31, 2011: 4:30 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: - Discuss the benefits of involving Community Health Workers in community-based program design and delivery and the use of standardized, competency-based training for Community Health Workers - Explain the use of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (CLAS Standards) in promoting health equity - Describe inter-organizational collaborations to integrate cultural competency in health care access and delivery
Moderator:
Molly Meinbresse, MPH

4:30 PM
Community health workers: A Chicago metropolitan strategy to increase employment
Suzanne Davenport, EdD, Cynthia A. Boyd, MSN, PhD, FAAN, Sheila Castillo, MUPP and Joseph Harrington, BA
     
4:50 PM
Building Healthy Communities: The National CLAS Standards Enhancement Initiative to Advance Health Equity at Every Point of Contact
Guadalupe Pacheco, MSW and C. Godfrey Jacobs
     
5:10 PM
Lessons Learned from a Community-Academic Initiative (CAI): The Development of a Core Competency-Based Training for CAI-Community Health Workers
Sergio Matos, BS, CHW, Yumary Ruiz, PhD, MPH, Smiti B. Kapadia, MPH, Nadia Islam, PhD, Arthur Cusack, PhD, FHFMA, Sylvia Kwong, BA, April Hicks, Kim Yu, MPH, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH and Mariano Rey, MD
     
5:30 PM
Ethnic Health Professional Organization database development determines capacity to integrate multilevel approaches for intercultural competency in Miami-Dade County institutions
Frank Zadravecz, MPH Candidate
     

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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