Community Health Worker- Handouts

April 18-19, 2018 • Holiday Inn Executive Center • Columbia, MO

Community Health Workers Making A Difference

Wednesday, April 18

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
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

Thursday, April 19

Keynote Speaker – Marvin Stottlemire, Laugh2Learn
9:45 – Concurrent Sessions
- Compassion Fatigue
  - Jennie Bedsworth, Missouri Institute of Mental Health
- Statewide Activities Utilizing Community Health Workers
  - 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
  - Chavely Conde, Healthy Living Kansas, University of Kansas Medical Center
  - Kyla Alsman, The University of Kansas Cancer Center/ Midwest Cancer Alliance
10:50 – Concurrent Sessions
- Staying Safe
  - Captain David Hall, Missouri State Highway Patrol
- Utilizing Community Health Workers in a Health System
  - Jill Taylor, Family Care Health Center
  - Samantha Baumann, Jordan Valley Health Center
  - Dennis Dunmyer, KC CARE Clinic
- Impacting Diabetes and Obesity
  - Carrie Snyder, Northeast Missouri Health Council
Lunch Speaker- Randall Williams, MD, Director, Department of Health and Senior Services
1:10 – Concurrent sessions
- Opioid Epidemic Resources
  - Nicole Browning, NCADA
- Finding Legal Resources
  - Amanda Schneider, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.
- Telling the Story with Data
  - 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
Being Trauma Aware
Patsy Carter, PhD, Department of Mental Health