4105.0 Supporting Community Health Workers Through Policies and Systems Changes

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Moderator:
J. Nell Brownstein, PhD

10:30am
Perceptions of certification and standardization of training of community health workers among health care professionals and social workers in New Mexico
Mark Siemon, RN, APHN-BC, MPH, CPH, PhDc and Cindy Mendelson, RN, PhD
  
10:50am
Advocating for a California Association of Community Health Workers: Building a representative, culturally inclusive, professional peer coalition
Carol West, CHW; BSC OT; MBBCH; DCH, Stephanie Merrida-Grant, CHW and Cynthia Morfin, CHW
  
  
11:10am
Developing the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance: Lessons learned for other partnerships
Katherine Mitchell, MSW, Edith Kieffer, PhD, Gloria Palmisano, BS, MA, Patricia Duthie, BSN, RN, Arthur Franke, PhD, Sylvie Naar-King, PhD, Rebeca Guzman, LMSW, Susie M. Williamson, BA, MA and Marta Lugo-Rodriguez

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Men's Health Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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