141st APHA Annual Meeting

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CHWs thinking global and acting local: Best practices for impacting health and wellness

Monday, November 4, 2013: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster

Moderator:

Susan Mayfield-Johnson, PhD,MPH,CHES

Organizer:

Susan Mayfield-Johnson, PhD,MPH,CHES

Board 1

A randomized controlled trial of a patient navigator intervention to reduce hospital readmissions in a safety net health care system
Richard Balaban, MD

Board 2

Assessing capacity of community health workers: Current roles, best practices, and the way forward
Jennifer Alvisurez, Benjamin Clopper, Charles Felix, Crystal Gibson, Jasmin Harpe, Meredith Ferraro, Amelia Reese Masterson and Debbie L. Humphries, PhD, MPH

Board 3

From training to employment how community health workers can meet tomorrows healthcare needs today
Cheryl Mongillo, Steven Carson, RN, BSN, MHA, Barbara L. Bungy, MPH, CHES and Paula Stillman, MD, MBA

Board 4

It's personal: Community health workers discuss intersections between their work and personal health behavior changes
Jena Bauman Adams, MPH, Jennifer M. Madson, Tatyana Gorodetsky, M.Ed. (eq.) and Joanne L. Calista, MS, LICSW

Board 5

Targeting difficult to engage populations through a community health worker model
Yvonne Heredia, PhD candidate

Board 6

Comprehensive assessment of community health worker (chw) readiness to deliver asthma education in the community: Innovative approaches to chw hiring, training, and the evaluation of job performance
Jessica Ramsay, MPH, AE-C, Gloria Seals, Jamie Campbell, MPH and Melissa A. Gutierrez, MS

Board 7

Community health worker recruitment from within the target neighborhood: A framework for success
Hosseinali Shahidi, MD, MPH, Cindy Sickora, DNP, RN, Sharon Clancy, MPH, Roxanne Nagurka, BA and Sabrina Marie Chase, PhD

Board 8

Sustaining chw programs: Successes and challenges
Madeleine Ballard

Board 9

Improving access to prenatal care through community outreach workers
Michelle Sanchez, MSW, MPH

Board 10

Changing the guard: A novel approach to lay health education
Miranda Holloway, BS

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Public Health Nursing

See more of: Community Health Workers

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