141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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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

3129.0
Innovative programs, research, and evaluation in addressing the critical role of CHWs working with vulnerable populations, special populations, and populations outside of the health care system

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Roundtable
Moderator:
Katherine Mitchell, MSW

Table 1
Integrating the chw/promotor(a) model into contemporary healthcare systems   
Ashley Martin, MPH, Colleen Reinert, MPH and Odilia Garcia, BA
Table 2
Meta salud: Building binational collaboration with community health workers for prevention of chronic disease   
Elsa Cornejo, Jill de Zapien, BA, Catalina Denman, PhD, Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS, Lisa K. Staten, PhD, Scott Carvajal, PhD, MPH and Maia Ingram, MPH
Table 3
CHWs in housing: Building healthy communities from the ground up   
Kathy Burgoyne, PhD, Nancy Vignec, Gretchen Hansen, BA and Annie Vo
Table 4
Community health promoters - moving towards a healthier community through health justice and community development   
Ana Paula Lynch, MS. LPC
Table 5
Using community health workers to address needs beyond the healthcare system: Connecting to community resources and building social support   
Marci Aguirre, MPH and Jessica Castillo
Table 6
Evaluation of childhood developmental milestones and the warning signs of autism as an effective educational and public health outreach tool for promotoras in south Texas   
Aida Vigil, MD, MPH, Johanna McLendon, Noe Garza, DDS, MPH, DPH, Raymond Palmer, Ph.D. and Beatriz Tapia, MD, MPH, CPH
  
Table 7
Amigas Latinas motivando el alma (ALMA): Evaluation of a promotora intervention addressing mental health stress and coping among immigrant Latinas   
Anh N. Tran, PhD, MPH, Mimi Misung Kim, PhD, Georgina Perez, MSW, LCSWA, Melissa A. Green, MPH, Janet Ochoa, Fabiana Palomo, Emilia Suarez, Michelle Lyn, MBA, MHA and Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc
Table 8
Crowdsourcing wastewater failures: Promotoras and youth use community mapping to advocate for improved wastewater management   
Diana Ibrahim, BS, MPH(c), Ryan Gene Gaia Sinclair, PhD, MPH, Semran Kaur Mann, PhDc, MPH, CHES and Persila Mohammadnia, MPH
Table 9
Are men willing to participate?: A participatory research approach to involving Latino men in sexual and reproductive health promoter programs   
Laura Villa Torres, MSPH, Paul J. Fleming, MPH, Chelly Richards, MS, MPH, Florence Simán, MPH and Clare Barrington, PhD, MPH
Table 10
A randomized trial of a community health worker led intervention using HPV self-sampling to increase cervical cancer screening among minority women: Preliminary findings   
Brendaly Rodriguez, MA, Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., MPH, Sainth Anthony Amofah, MD, MBA, Shelia McCann, MEd, SM, GPC, Tulay Koru-Sengul, MHS, PhD and Feng Miao, MSc
  

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Latino Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

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

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