National Promotoras Conference

The Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. / Western Arizona Area Health Education Center (RCBH/WAHEC) in collaboration with Community Health Workers National Network Association and the New Mexico Community Health Workers Association carried out the Annual National Promotores Conference and Community Health Outreach Workforce. The conference covered main topics on Epilepsy, Diabetes and HPV & Cervical Cancer.

With this annual conference RCBH proudly created a unique forum for Community Health Workers, leaders of agencies, and organizations to network, empower, support, inform, unify, and enhance their knowledge and strengthen their efforts in serving their communities nationwide.

Past years conference were very successful with an average of 300 participants.

Other organizers of the conference include:

• Arizona Department of Health Services
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness-University of Arizona
• Cenpatico Behavioral Health of Arizona

This educational and uplifting event has the major goals of providing the opportunities to:

• Enhance the National Network capabilities of Community Health Outreach Workers/ Promotores programs by participating in the “Community Health Worker National Network Association/Red Nacional de Promotores de Salud”.
• Promotores will learn about effective health education, disease prevention, community strategies and interventions to improve quality of life.
• To increase the quality of life and to eliminate health disparities by providing a variety of health educational training and informational sessions that will best prepare CHW to address and meet their communities “Healthy People 2010 Objectives”.
• Community Outreach Workers will learn best practices in community awareness and outreach on mental health and substance abuse programs.