3367.0 Community and lay health workers: Building public health capacity

Monday, October 29, 2012: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Roundtable
Moderator:
Lucy Annang, PhD, MPH

Table 1
Feasibility and Outcomes of a Promotora-Delivered Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight Immigrant Latinas
Deborah Koniak-Griffin, EdD, RNC, FAAN, Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, RN, ACNP and Mary-Lynn Brecht, PhD
Table 2
Utilizing service learning in the development of community health worker trainings
Margaret L. Walsh, MPH, Ashley Gallantine, BS, Elisabeth Cross, MPH, CPH and Julie Baldwin, PhD
Table 3
Sustained capacity building of Local Health Workers in detecting and responding to Avian Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases : Achievements and challenges
Nga Le, MD, MPH, Truong Bui, Lara Hensley, MPH, Jens Peter Dalsgaard, PhD, MBA, Duc Nguyen and Manh Nguyen
Table 4
Preparing community health workers as content experts
Ernie Peacock, MA, Tammi Fleming, MPH, CHES and Doris Spears, MS
Table 6
Stylists as Lay Health Educators: A Qualitative Process Evaluation of The Speak UP! Salon Project
Addie Rasmusson, BA, Susan Roberts-Dobie, PhD, CHES and Mary E. Losch, PhD
Table 10
Promotora models in community health: How much participant contact is needed for dietary change?
Emily Schmied, MPH, Humberto Parada, MPH, CPH, Leticia Ibarra, MPH, Lucy Horton, MPH, MS and Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH

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Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Community Health Workers

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