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Objectives

• Define the role of community health workers (CHWs).
• Describe effective CHW strategies to improve cardiometabolic care and outcomes and reduce disparities.
• List real world approaches to integrating or linking CHWs into team-based primary care.

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Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Elizabeth A. Beverly, PhD
Associate Professor, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O.
Endowed Faculty Fellow in Behavioral Diabetes
Department of Primary Care
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Melissa K. Thomas, PhD, MSPH, MSA, MCHES®, C-CHW
Assistant Professor
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Panelists

Amber Healy, DO
OhioHealth Physician Group, Athens

Margot Baker, CHW
OhioHealth Physician Group, Athens

David Brewer, MBA, MS, RD, LD
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers, Columbus

Arcelia Herrera, CHW
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers, Columbus