5038.0 Policy and System Change to Support Community Health Workers I

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral

8:30 AM
CHWs as Standard Therapy for Diabetes? Implications of the Results from the Mexican-American Trial of Community Health Workers (MATCH)
Molly A. Martin, MD, Steven Rothschild, MD, Susan M. Swider, PhD, APHN-BC, Carmen Tumialan Lynas, PhD and Imke Janssen, PhD
8:50 AM
Supporting bilingual community health workers who facilitate access for linguistically diverse populations
Nancy Esparza, MEd, CHES, Tatyana Gorodetsky, MEd, Joanne L. Calista, MS, LICSW and Sara Trillo Adams, MA, LMHC

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers

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