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Community Health Representative ECHO Program

May 19, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

The Indian Country Community Health Representative (CHR) ECHO provides comprehensive information to support Indian Health Service, Tribal, and Urban Indian Community Health Representatives and community-based health workers. The ECHO aims to increase access to care for American Indian and Alaska Native people by providing skills of health care provision, disease control, and prevention and help to eliminate health disparities by supporting the workforce to improve Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) using a community-based approach. The program will offer a free ECHO collaborative to continue learning, knowledge sharing and support during virtual ECHO clinics focused on relationship and trust-building, communication and social determinants of health. 2024 topics include:

  • The CHR Strategic Plan (February 26th) – Michelle Archuleta
  • CHR/CHW Competency Overview: Tracking and Tools (March 18th) – Dr. Samantha Saba and Louisa O’Meara
  • CHR E-learning Basic and Advanced (April 15th) – Whitney Moseley
  • ‘See It, Stop It, Prevent It’ Elder Abuse (May 20th) – Bethany Reed
  • CHWs and CHRs in South Dakota – Accessing Medicaid Reimbursement to Sustain the Workforce (June 17th) – Ben Tiensvold, Vicki Palmreuter, Catherine Jeffries
  • Emergency Preparedness Training (July 15th) – Janet Yellowhair and Adrianne James
  • CHR Home Visiting (August 19th) – Pamela Aguilar
  • Program SOW and Position Descriptions: Tools and suggestions to communicate to partners (September 16th) – Bo Flores
  • CHR Mini-Cog Screening (October 21st) – Michelle Archuleta and Dr. Jolie Crowder
  • CHR Elder Care (November 18th) – Lanette Walker

The 1-hour telehealth sessions will offer community-based health care workes an opportunity to engage with peers and an interprofessional team of specialists working in Indian Country, and an opportunity to obtain a Certificate of Completion following participation in a didactic presentation. The sessions take place virtually using the Zoom platform and are held the 3rd Mondays of every month at 12pm PT starting in February 2024.

Details

Date:
May 19, 2025
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
PST
Series:

Other

Event Type
Virtual Clinic