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

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Promoting CHWs as change agents in reducing health disparities and/or impacting social determinants of health

Monday, November 2, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Ashley Wennerstrom, PhD, MPH

8:30am
United Voices: Cross-cultural CHW perspectives to eliminate health disparities and propose policy change   
Dina Garcia, MPH, Maria Miramontes, CHW, Lisa Brooks, CHW and Joelisa Castillo, CHW
8:50am
Thinking Big in a small place: Changing Transportation through CHW advocacy efforts in US/Mexico border community   
Alicia Sander, Promotora, Maia Ingram, MPH and Rosie Piper
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Investing in outreach community health workers improves access to primary care services at a safety net hospital system   
Emilia Jackson Kalley, CHW and Tracey Corliss, Community Health Worker Supervisor
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:30am
CHWs and Social Determinants of Health: How Far Upstream Are We Looking?   
Geoffrey Wilkinson, MSW and Durrell J. Fox, BS
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Oral Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Caucus on Homelessness

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

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