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Promoting CHWs as change agents in reducing health disparities in the US and abroad

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Colleen Reinert, MPH

8:30am
Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Change: An E-Learning Program for Promotores de Salud
Gloria Gonzalez, PhD, J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Jennifer Kenyon, BA and Jose Santiago Velez, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:50am
Lessons in CHW Recruitment and Retention: The Rise and Fall of the Barefoot Doctor in Rural China
Paul Kadetz, PhD, MPH, MSN
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Diabetes Community Outreach Project: Community Health Worker Intervention to Improve Diabetes Screening, Education and Care in Rural India
Ranjita Misra, PhD, CHES, FASHA, Thakor Patel, MD, Padmini Balagopal, PhD RD and Kriti Patel, B.Com
9:30am
Community Health Workers and their use of Health Coaching to Increase Mammography Screenings
Isabel Quinonez, MPH and Vania Garcia

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

Organized by: Community Health Workers
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Public Health Social Work, Black Caucus of Health Workers

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

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