AGENDA FOR CHW CONFERENCE1

HACKATHON SPACE IS OPEN ALL DAY! CHW CONFERENCE/HACKATHON 4:00-4:45 PM HACKATHON
HONORS COMMONS PRESENTATION
HONORS CLASSROOM
All conference attendees are encouraged to Join your fellow community health hackers and show-
go to at least 2 out of the 3 workshops
marked with a green asterisk case your innovative and compelling community health

12:00 PM LUNCH concepts and initiatives. We would like to thank all of

8:30 AM BREAKFAST/CHECK IN HONORS COMMONS our participating groups for taking up the arms of

HONORS COMMONS Nourish your body and mind. Enjoy lunch with your research and presenting avenues of community health

group. Mentors will be walking between groups to action.

9:00 AM OPENING REMARKS offer advice. 4:45-5:15 PM Oil On My Mind
A Collaborative Art-based Inquiry
HONORS COMMONS MOCK JUDGING HONORS CLASSROOM

9:30 AM Health Literacy and DOWNSTAIRS Oil on My Mind is a short bilingual film on the
*Effective Community Outreach Sign up and recieve instant feedback before your final intersections between mental health and climate
change in Houston, a city that has felt the effects
presentation. of chronic pollutants, legacies of colonization,

Michelle Malizia, M.A. *1:00-2:30 PM PANEL ON!:“Big Data, Social lack of access to mental health care resources,
Director of Library Services for Health Sciences Networks, and Behavioral Interventions and other environmental stressors. The film is
in Community Health” accompanied by a digital art exhibit by artists
University of Houston
Erica Fletcher Ph.D., Jennifer Vardeman Ph.D. across the Southwest.
DOWNSTAIRS LARGE CLASSROOM DOWNSTAIRS CLASSROOM
HACKATHON WINNER ANNOUNCED
Only 14% of adults are classified as having “proficient Community Health Workers are expanding into
health literacy”. Understanding health literacy levels ever new spaces. Is there a place for CHWs HONORS COMMONS
and the needs of health disparate populations is crucial in the internet age? Will use of big data help
to effective community health outreach. This workshop CHWs create conditions for behavior change?
will provide an overview of the impact of health literacy
and the tools necessary to assist you in developing 2:30-4:00 PM MOCK JUDGING 5:15-5:30 PM CLOSING REMARKS

community health initiatives. DOWNSTAIRS HONORS COMMONS
Sign up and recieve instant feedback before your
10:45 AM BREAK 5:30-5:630 PM DINNER
final presentation.
DOWNSTAIRS LARGE CLASSROOM HONORS COMMONS
MEDITATION WORKSHOPS
11:00 AM Using Mapping and Spatial HICH Creative Care 6:30-8:00 PM PANEL ON!:Funding CHWs
with Pay For Success and
*Analysis to Guide DOWNSTAIRS SMALL CLASSROOM
Integrated Research Opportunities
Community Health Interventions There will be 30 minute meditation workshops of
Beginners’ level meditation with a 7 minute Panel: Danae King, Audrey Baker, Winnie Hamilton,
Michelle Malizia, M.A.Director of Library Services Leslie Hargrove; Moderator: Daniel Price
for Health Sciences University of Houston silent-guided meditation, accompanied by a discussion
DOWNSTAIRS LARGE CLASSROOM of 4 classic breathing techniques and laughter yoga. HONORS COMMONS
Emerging funding mechanisms for preventive care may
There are an overwhelming number of communities 2:30-3 3-3:30 3:30-4 create new opportunities for CHWs, and our panel will
in Harris County that could benefit from community explore how that might work in pay for success services,
CHW CONFERENCE/HACKATHON
health outreach. Using geographical data (GIS) can community led research, environmental justice, and
help you prioritize vulnerable populations for your primary care settings. Our expert panel will talk about

outreach efforts. This workshop will help you to barriers and opportunities as they see them.
utilize spatial analysis tools to effectively guide health

interventions.

HEACOLTMHMWUONRITKYERS DAYTIME SPEAKERS "We would like to extend special thanks
to the Honors College, School of Nursing,
NEW PATHWAYS FOR Erica Fletcher, Ph.D. Michelle Malizia, M.A. and MD Anderson Library for helping plan
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH Honors College, University of Director of Library Services this event. Thank you to all of our speak-
Houston for Health Sciences ers and attendees for making this con-
Sustaining Projects & Social Impact ference and hackathon possible."

University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library To Reach AHEC-East Coastal Region:
October 14, 2016
TEL: 409/933-0021
Daniel Price, Honors College, Jennifer Vardeman, Ph.D. FAX: 409/933-3107
University of Houston Director of Graduate Studies, Email: [email protected]

Affiliate Faculty Member in UH To Contact the M.D. Anderson Library,
Women’s Gender, and Health Sciences division:
Sexuality Program
713-743-1050
EVENING PANEL 713-743-7947

Winnie Hamilton, Ph.D., S.M. Denae W. King, Ph.D., To Contact the Organizers of this event:
Baylor College Of Medicine Texas Southern University
E-mail [email protected]
Phone 713-743-4136

To reach Honors in Community Health
e-mail: uh.hich@gmail

Audrey Baker, Innovation Leslie Hargrove, MCHES,
Fellow, Harvard Kennedy Exec. Director AHEC-East
School Government Coastal Region
Performance Lab