Online Program

4069.0
The Role of Community Health Workers in Diabetes Self-Management and Prevention (organized jointly with CHW section)

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Organizer:
Moderator:
Monica L. Wendel, DrPH, MA

8:30am
Evaluation of a Randomized Control-Trial Community Health Worker Intervention to Improve Diabetes Management in the New York City Bangladeshi Community   
Lindsey Riley, MPH, Nadia Islam, PhD, Gulnahar Alam, Mamnunul Haq, MD Taher, MPH, Laura Wyatt, MPH, Michael Tanner, MD, Purnima Naik, MD, Shahnaz Yousuf, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DPH and Runi Mukherji-Ratnam, PhD
9:10am
Utilizing Volunteer & Paid Community Health Workers to Prevent Diabetes in Rural Maine   
Ronald D. Deprez, PhD MPH, Julian Kuffler, MD, Hank Stabler, MPH, Kira Rodriguez, MHS, Cyndi O'Brien, RN, BSN, OCN and Rebecca Boulos, PhD, MPH

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers

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