Importance of an organized chw voice in chw policymaking: An Oregon case study

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Supporting CHWs through policies and systems changes

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Oral

Moderator:

Joanne Calista, MS, LICSW

2:30pm

Journey to certification of community health workers (CHWs) in Illinois
Leticia Boughton, Amparo Castillo, MD, Venoncia Bate-Ambrus, MSOL, PhD (c), Janna Simon, MPH and Johnny Tyler, AAS, BA, MDiv, CEA

2:50pm

Developing and implementing a process, context, and outcome evaluation of a statewide community health worker alliance
Nicholas Yankey, Katherine Mitchell, MSW, Edith Kieffer, MPH, PhD, Gloria Palmisano, BS, MA, Lee Anne Roman, MSN, PhD and Ann Garvin, MS, CNM

3:10pm

Supporting Florida community health workers through policy: Turning collaboration into action
Sean Dickerson, MA, Brendaly Rodriguez, MA, Carolyn M. Tucker, PhD, Marion Banzhaf, Maisha Standifer, MPH, Denise Kerwin and Susan Fleming, BSN, MPA

3:30pm

Importance of an organized chw voice in chw policymaking: An Oregon case study
Elizabeth Fussell, Teresa Rios-Campos, CHW and Alberto Moreno, MSW

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