The CHW Section will be sponsoring a variety of innovative and compelling sessions at this year’s Annual Meeting. The program is comprised of two Poster Sessions, one Roundtable Session, one Training Session, one Invited Session and four Scientific Sessions.  The sessions, all embracing this year’s theme, “ Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative,” will provide in-depth and interactive opportunities to understand how community health workers are the cornerstones of social justice and public health.

Session themes include:

Establishing Successful Community Health Worker Business Models: What Works

Developing CHW Associations and Networks: Opportunities and Challenges

Social Justice and Health Care Reform

Innovative CHW Curricula: New Educational Models

Perspectives of CHWs on Social Justice Issues Affecting the Health of Our Communities

Supporting Community Health Workers as Members of Health Teams: Policies and Systems

CHW Curricula That Provides Skills Strategies and Methods to Combat Social Injustices Affecting the Health of our Communities

Becoming Involved, Addressing Social Injustice Issues - CHW Workshop

Community Organizing and Mobilizing for Social Change

Social Entrepreneurs: CHW Contributions to Health Literacy, Medical Homes and Health

We will continue to have two of our largest business meetings during the evening hours in order to ensure everyone’s participation.  They are the Education y Capacitacíon Committee and our General Business meeting. Dates and times of all business meetings, sessions, and the CHW Section Social Hour are available online, and registration is now open: www.apha.org/meetings. Other business meetings open to the membership of the Section are Member Orientation, CHW Section Policy Committee, and the CHW Section Program Planning Meeting.

When you register, don’t forget to make sure you name the CHW Section as your affiliation. Looking forward to seeing you in rustic yet modern Denver for the richest CHW Section program ever!!