2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4367.0
Innovative programs and research addressing the critical role of CHWs working with vulnerable populations, special populations, and populations outside of the health care system

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster
Organizer:
Katherine Mitchell, MSW
Moderator:
Katherine Mitchell, MSW

Board 1
Addressing Hypertension and Diabetes through Community Health Workers in an Underserved Urban Community   
Cindy Sickora, DNP, RN, Victoria Lane, Community Health Worker Supervisor, Hosseinali Shahidi, MD, MPH, Morit Segui, BA and Peijia Zha, PhD
Board 2
Experiences of lay community health worker navigators in diagnostic breast imaging at a safety-net hospital   
Kristi L. Allgood, MPH, Susan Gil and Monique Mitts
Board 3
Preliminary effectiveness of a promotora-led diabetes prevention program for high-risk Latinas: A pilot study   
Matthew O'Brien, MD, MSc, Alberly Perez, BA, Amarili Lopez, Irma Zamora, Fabiola Carrasco, Rosalinda Hernandez and Victor Alos, DMD, MPH, MSc
Board 4
Game Changers: Community health workers as diabetes educators for Latinos in Lake County, IL   
Amparo Castillo, MD, PhD, Diana Gutierrez, Yamel Azcoitia, Community Health Worker and Sheila Castillo, MUPP
Board 5
A.M.I.G.A. Promotoras de salud: An academic-community partnership addressing cancer-related disparities among Latinas   
Mariana Ramirez Mantilla, MSW, Paula Cupertino, PhD, Lucia Martinez Reyes, CHW, Norma Molina, CHW, Catalina Reyes, CHW and Gloria Cortes, CHW
Board 6
Healthy Hmong Women: Utilizing Lay Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Promote Cervical and Breast Cancer Literacy and Screening in the Hmong Community   
Shannon Sparks, PhD, Lisa Phillips, MEd, CHES, Pang Vang, RN, BSN, MEd, CHES and Mayhoua Moua
  
Board 7
Training and Selecting Community Health Worker Candidates for a Home base Behavioral Intervention to reduce Diabetes Disparities   
Steven Rothschild, MD, Molly A. Martin, MD, Susan M. Swider, PhD, APHN-BC, FAAN, David Mata, MS, Lindsey Mitchell, MS, Diana Ingram, PhD, MPH and Stephanie Fitzpatrick, PhD
Board 8
Peer Training of Community Health Workers to Improve Heart Health Among African American Populations   
Robina Josiah Willock, MPH, PhD, Robert M. Mayberry, PhD, MS, MPH, Fengxia Yan, MD, MS and Pamela Daniels, MPH, MBA, PhD
Board 9
From Bedbugs to Better Blood Pressure: CHWs Can Help Health Care Systems Address the Social Determinants of Health   
Shaquana Divers, MHA, Cheryl Gordon-Barr and Kathleen Holt, PhD
Board 10
Reducing Emergency Department Visits and Improving Environmental and Health Outcomes in Adults with Asthma Enrolled in a Home-based CHW Intervention   
Madeline Woodberry, Thu Nguyen, MPH,AE-C, Tala Schwindt, MPH, Jessica Ramsay, MPH, AE-C and Helen Margellos-Anast, MPH

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Caucus on Homelessness

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