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

4220.0
Evolution of CHW Training and Certification in Texas: Getting From Here to There

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Katharine Nimmons, MSc, MPH

12:30pm
How it all began: The history of CHW certification in Texas   
Julie StJohn, DrPH, MA, CHWI and Beverly MacCarty, M.A.
12:50pm
What do we know? Evolution of evaluation of CHW certification in Texas   
Julie StJohn, DrPH, MA, CHWI and Beverly MacCarty, M.A.
1:10pm
Is CHW certification beneficial? What Texas CHWs say in preliminary evaluation findings   
Julie StJohn, DrPH, MA, CHWI and Beverly MacCarty, M.A.
  
1:30pm
We have information, now what? Next steps for evaluating CHW certification in Texas   
Julie StJohn, DrPH, MA, CHWI and Beverly MacCarty, M.A.

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers

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

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