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

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Thinking outside of the box: Innovative approaches to CHW training

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Gail Hirsch, MEd
Organizer:
Susan Mayfield-Johnson, PhD, MCHES

2:30pm
Dance as health education for community health workers   
Katie Cueva, MAT and Melany Cueva, RN, EdD
     
2:50pm
Reach su comunidad: A community health worker model emphasizing policy, systems and environmental strategies to address hispanic health disparities among 6 US-states   
Hector Balcazar, PhD, Charlie Alfero, Rachel Kutcher, Seth Doyle, Martha Monroy, Jorge Ibarra, MD, MPH, Grassia Melendez and Aaron Hozid
     
3:10pm
Pioneering the use of e-learning tools to train promotores de salud: A partnership between the HHS office of minority health and the USDA food and nutrition service   
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Alicia Riley, MA MPH, C. Godfrey Jacobs, Jennifer Kenyon, BA, Crystal Barksdale, PhD and Darci Graves, MA, MA, MPP
     
3:30pm
Innovations in community health worker training for leading an evidence-based HIV prevention program   
Regina Firpo-Triplett, MPH, MCHES, Kay Todd, MSW and Pat Grayson, MA
     

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Latino Caucus, American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Community-Based Public Health Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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

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