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September 2019

Upcoming meetings

Sept. 26, 8 a.m.: Advocacy Subcommittee
Sept. 26, 9 a.m.: CHW Forum
Oct. 24, 8 a.m.: Advocacy Subcommittee
Oct. 24, 9 a.m.: CHW Forum
Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m.: CHW Collaborative (meets every other month)

Meetings held at Mid-America Regional Council, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri

Upcoming dates

Kansas Leadership Center, Sept. 24-26, Community College Technical education Center, Kansas City, Kansas. To enroll, email DJ Whetter. READ MORE >>
Free Health Screenings, first Saturdays of the month, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, United Methodist Church, 3730 Metropolitan Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. English flier / Spanish flier

Recap of recent events

Kansas Community Health Worker Symposium

On June 11, 2019, 123 Community Health Workers (CHWs), Promotoras(es) de Salud (PdS), academicians, healthcare partners, a variety of state agencies, non-profit organizations and other key stakeholders convened for the fourth annual Kansas Community Health Worker Symposium at Wichita State University. READ MORE>>

Community Health Worker Train-the-Trainer

The KC Regional CHW Collaborative has been working with Caitlin Allen, CGA Consulting, to modify the CHW training curriculum to better align with core competencies and enhance the student experience.
READ MORE >>

Interview with Guadalupe Tredway of
Wyandotte Community Health Council

Guadalupe Tredway, a CHW with the Wyandotte Community Health Council, recently gave a presentation to the University of Kansas School of Nursing about motivational interviewing and coaching techniques. A copy of Tredway’s presentation can be found here.

READ THE INTERVIEW >>

This newsletter was funded in part
by a grant from the Health Forward Foundation.