Actions Panel
Examples From the Field: Community Health Workers and Policy Implications to Advance Health Equity – Lessons from RADxUp
By Duke Community Engaged Research InitiativeFollow
Date and time
Friday, October 27 · 9 – 10am PDT
Location
Online
About this event
- 1 hour
- Mobile eTicket
During this session, participants will be able to:
Describe the need for sustained and diverse teams of community health workers to address community health needs to advance health equity.
Discuss policy recommendations to enhance and prioritize Community Health Worker (CHW) models into existing healthcare transformation reforms to address health inequities in the U.S.
Learn from Community Health Worker teams across North Carolina how their work bridged systemic and cultural gaps in health care, demonstrating the potential to make meaningful progress in improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities.
Discover from the RADXUP new policy paper actionable short-term and long-term steps for policymakers, payers, funders, and researchers to facilitate the sustainability of CHW models.
Featured Presenters:
Andrea Thoumi, MPP, MSc, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Health Equity Policy Fellow, Core Faculty Member, and Faculty Director, Health Equity Education at Duke
Norma Marti, NC CEAL, Minority Outreach Consultant, NC Department of Health and Human Services
Jimmy Tate, Ed. D., President of the Board of Directors and Committees, Mt. Calvary Center for Leadership Development
Sharon Munoz, Latin-19 Health Literacy Program Coordinator
Greg Jacobs, Elder, Tribal Administrator, and Leader of the Coharie Tribe
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