4114.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

CHWs as Activists: Addressing the Needs of the Community

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Facilitator(s):Teresa Rios
12:30 PMPromotora organizations study: An overview of an idigenous health promotion and community capacity building system
Ricardo B. Contreras, MA, Marlynn May, PhD, Elvia Ledezma, BA
12:50 PMEmpowerment approaches to domestic violence intervention: Community health worker initiatives through women’s courts in Delhi slums
Veronica Magar, RN, DrPH
1:10 PMAdaptation of the Community Health Advisor Network (CHAN) Model to a Disease Specific Focus
Agnes W. Hinton, DrPH, RD, Nedra Lisovicz, MPH, CHES, Susan Mayfield-Johnson, MPH, CHES
Sponsor:Community Health Workers SPIG
Cosponsors:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA