AUGUST 12 | 9AM - 3:30PM
Connect with passionate community health workers & individuals dedicated to improving community health.
Workshops
Care Management Strategies and Tools
This workshop will introduce care management, the role community health workers play as part of a care team, and tools community health workers can use, such as NCCARE 360, to make referrals and coordinate care.
Health, Stress, & Resiliency Among Latinos
This workshop will explore the effect of acculturation, stress, and resilience on co-occurring substance abuse, intimate partner violence, HIV risk, depression (i.e., syndemic conditions), and biological stress among young adult Hispanic immigrants.
Understanding Medicaid Expansion And Enrollment
This workshop will provide an overview of NC Medicaid & Medicaid Managed care programs and the recent changes with Medicaid expansion. It will also discuss the roles of a CHW in assuring community members enroll in insurance.
Centering Pregnancy For Women Of Color in NC
This workshop will provide an overview of NC Medicaid and Medicaid Managed care programs and the recent changes with Medicaid expansion. It will also discuss the roles of a CHW in assuring community members enroll in insurance.
Addressing the growing rate of HIV/STIs for Latinos in NC
This interactive workshop will present the growing rate of HIV/STIs for Latinos in North Carolina, how cultural stigmas contribute to misinformation, and creative teaching strategies to promote safe sex methods among Latinos.
- Registration for Certified Community Health Worker $40
- General Registration: $50
Make a positive impact on the lives of individuals & communities.
Open to community health workers, employers, outreach workers, and others interested in learning more about how community health workers can build health in communities.
Four (4) Continued Ed Hours credited toward hours required by the NC Association of Community Health Workers to keep up with a certificate of attendance for all participants
Workshops are available in English and Spanish, with interpretation available for plenary sessions and some workshops. Topics will present best practices and the role of community health workers
Speakers
Spots are Limited
Partners In Health United States (PIH-US) is excited to share a new policy paper (PDF attached) on Medicaid financing of Community Health Workers (CHWs).
This training resource from NC Justice is meant to assist in the building and maintaining of strong and effective Member Advisory Committees.