Advocacy
Community Pediatrics
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
General Pediatrics
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Health Services Research
Medical Education
Public Health
Nakiya Showell, MD, MPH, MHS (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Chidinma Ibe, PhD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Tiffany Scott
Maryland Department of Health
Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States
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Brandon Smith, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Paulo Pina, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Radhika Gore, PhD (she/her/hers)
Director of Research
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Isaac Dapkins, MD
Chief Medical Officer
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Shannon Fuller, MS (she/her/hers)
PhD Student
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Maryland, United States
Shruthi Bannur, MPH
Research assistant
Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
LaToya Mobley, MSW, LCSW-C (she/her/hers)
Pediatric Clinical Social Worker II
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rosedale, Maryland, United States
Workshop
Description: Healthcare models that incorporate community health workers (CHWs) into care delivery enable stronger linkages between patients, communities, and health systems. This is due to the unique identities CHWs possess as trusted members of the communities they serve. Their empathy and nuanced understanding of the needs of socially at-risk patients and families confers expertise in delivering patient- and family-centered support. CHWs play a critical role in collaborative multidisciplinary care teams by identifying and addressing health-related social needs, providing linkages to community resources, and strengthening the therapeutic relationships between care team members, and patients and families.
Drawing from a strong body of evidence affirming the need for, and impact of, CHW-integrated healthcare models among adult populations, this workshop aims to highlight the steps needed for successful integration of CHWs within multidisciplinary pediatric healthcare teams. This workshop will be led by clinical, research, and public health experts in implementation science, CHW training and interventions, and development of community-centered family-based pediatric care models. It will provide an interactive experience for participants that fosters peer learning and skill-building.
Those who attend this workshop will enhance their knowledge on the essential roles CHWs play in addressing social risk factors among patients, families and communities; learn specific strategies on how to foster CHW-healthcare provider collaborations; and formulate strategies to overcome potential barriers to the successful integration of CHWs in pediatric care teams. Resultantly, participants will leave with an enriched understanding of CHW-integrated pediatric care models and tangible takeaways to implement these models in various practice settings.