Online Program

4297.0
Supporting CHWs through policies and systems changes

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Joanne Calista, MS, LICSW

2:30pm
Journey to certification of community health workers (CHWs) in Illinois   
Leticia Boughton, Amparo Castillo, MD, PhD and Venoncia Bate-Ambrus, MSOL, PhD (c)
2:50pm
Developing and implementing a process, context, and outcome evaluation of a statewide community health worker alliance   
Nicholas Yankey, Katherine Mitchell, MSW, Edith Kieffer, MPH, PhD, Gloria Palmisano, BS, MA, Lee Anne Roman, MSN, PhD and Ann Garvin, MS, CNM
3:10pm
Supporting Florida community health workers through policy: Turning collaboration into action   
Brendaly Rodriguez, MA, Sean Dickerson, MA, Carolyn M. Tucker, PhD, Marion Banzhaf, Maisha Standifer, MPH, Denise Kerwin and Susan Fleming, BSN, MPA
3:30pm
Importance of an organized chw voice in chw policymaking: An Oregon case study   
Elizabeth Fussell, Teresa Rios-Campos, CHW and Alberto Moreno, MSW

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Community-Based Public Health Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)