April 18-19, 2018 • Holiday Inn Executive Center • Columbia, MO
Community Health Workers Making A Difference
Wednesday, April 18
PM
- 1:00
Registration/Network/Visit Exhibits - 1:45
Welcome and Logistics – Jann “Payree” Short, Ozarks Technical Community College - 2:00
Through a Community Health Worker’s view
Objective: Knowledge of different Community Health Worker programs within Missouri- Mikel Whittier, Integrated Health Network (RELINK)
- Rosalind Hardy, KC CARE Clinic
- Kara Prince, CoxHealth
- Rebecca Sleeth, CoxHealth
- Heather Parker, Springfield/Greene County Health Department
- 3:00
Break - 3:15
Educational Opportunities for Community Health Workers
Objective: Knowledge of resources available to Community Health Workers- Joyce Hoth, Gateway Region YMCA
- Natalie Hampton, NDPP, University of Missouri
- Gwen Ratermann, CHW ECHO
- Judy Waechter, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care
- Rachelle Bartnick, American Heart Association
- 5:00
Networking/Visit Exhibits
Thursday, April 19
AM
- 8:00
Registration/Networking/Visit Exhibits/Breakfast - 8:40
Welcome and Logistics – Barbara Brendel, Department of Health and Senior Services - 8:45
Keynote Speaker – Marvin Stottlemire, Laugh2Learn - 9:30
Break - 9:45
Concurrent Sessions- Compassion Fatigue
Objective: Learn the signs of compassion fatigue and strategies to use to address compassion fatigue.- Jenny Bedsworth, Missouri Institute of Mental Health
- Statewide Activities Utilizing Community Health Workers
Objective: Knowledge of different Community Health Worker programs within Missouri- Barbara Brendel, Department of Health and Senior Services
- Timothy Kling, MO HealthNet’s CHW Proposed SPA and Regulation
- Elizabeth Sissom, MO HealthNet’s CHW Proposed SPA and Regulation
- Angela Herman-Nestor MPCA CHW Activities/PRAPARE
- Dorothy Andrae, Primaris DEEP
- Patient Navigation in Cancer Survivorship Care and the Role of CHWs
Objective: Understanding the role of CHWs in cancer survivorship care- Chavely Conde, Healthy Living Kansas, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Kyla Alsman, The University of Kansas Cancer Center/ Midwest Cancer Alliance
- Compassion Fatigue
- 10:45
Break- transition to concurrent sessions - 10:50
Concurrent Sessions- Staying Safe
Objective: Knowledge of keeping safe while conducting visits within the community- Captain David Hall, Missouri State Highway Patrol
- Utilizing Community Health Workers in a Health System
Objective: Knowledge of different Community Health Worker programs within Missouri- Jill Taylor, Family Care Health Center
- Samantha Baumann, Jordan Valley Health Center
- Dennis Dunmyer, KC CARE Clinic
- Impacting Diabetes and Obesity
Objective: Understanding of diabetes and obesity self-management tools- Carrie Snyder, Northeast Missouri Health Council
- Staying Safe
- 11:50
Lunch/Networking/Visit Exhibits
Lunch Speaker- Randall Williams, MD, Director, Department of Health and Senior Services
PM
- 1:10
Concurrent sessions- Opioid Epidemic Resources
Objective: Knowledge of resources available for overcome opioid addiction- Nicole Browning, NCADA
- Finding Legal Resources
Objective: Understand resources available through Legal Aid Society- Amanda Schneider, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.
- Telling the Story with Data
Objective: Knowledge of the impact of Community Health Worker programs within Missouri- Jodi Woodruff, DSS Pilot Project
- Kathy Brown, DSS Pilot Project
- Jane Schaefer St. Louis/BJC Survey
- Tami Gurley-Calvez, University of Kansas Medical School
- Jennifer Hunter, DHSS
- Opioid Epidemic Resources
- 2:15
Being Trauma Aware
Objective: Understand and respond to the symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma and traumatic stress across the lifespan- Patsy Carter, PhD, Department of Mental Health
- 3:15
Wrap-up - 3:30
Adjourn
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