Presentations

Ruffolo, M. C. (2012, April). What works in sustaining EBPs? Organizational and clinical challenges –Findings from one state’s experience. Invited keynote speaker at Mary Lanning Memorial Health Care Conference, Hastings, NE.

Ruffolo, M. C., Voshel, B., & Venkatesh, U. (2012, October). Integrative learning, professional portfolios and assessing outcomes: One school’s experience. Invited poster presentation at 58th Annual CSWE Program Meeting, Washington, DC.

Kieffer, E. (2012, February). Winkelman lecture: Past, present and future of Medicare. Presentation and discussant, Ann Arbor, MI.

Mitchell, K., Kieffer, E., & Palmisano, G. (2012, August). Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance: supporting the sustainability of CHWs and their stakeholders in Michigan. Presentation at 5th Annual Spectrum Health Healthier Communities Community Health Worker Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.

Kieffer, E. (2012, August). Community health worker-led Healthy MOMs lifestyle intervention reduces depressive symptoms among pregnant Latinas. Presentation at 5th Annual Spectrum Health Healthier Communities Community Health Worker Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.

Mitchell, K., Duthie, P., Philippi, E., & Kieffer, E. (2012, October). Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance: Impacting the public health landscape in an era of health reform and systems change. Presentation at Michigan’s Premier Public Health Conference, Big Rapids, MI.

Kieffer, E., Welmerink, D., Welch, K., Sinco, B., Rees, E., Clayton, E., Schumann, C., & Uhley, V. (2012, December). Dietary outcomes of Healthy MOMs/Madres: A randomized controlled diabetes prevention intervention trial with pregnant Latinas. Presentation at Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit of the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD.

Sinco, B., Spencer, M., Espitia, N., Kieffer, E., Palmisano, G., Valerio, M. A., & Chapman, P. (2012, October). Using path analysis to test a hypothesis on the theory of change in hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) among clients in a culturally tailored diabetes intervention for African Americans and Latinos. Presentation at 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.

Mitchell, K., Kieffer, E., Palmisano, G., Duthie, P., Franke, A., Naar-King, S., Guzman, R., Williamson, S., & Lugo-Rodriguez, M. (2012, October). Developing the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance: lessons learned for other partnerships. Presentation at 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hawkins, J., Kieffer, E., Rosland, A., Spencer, M., Sinco, B., & Anderson, M. (2012, April). Does gender influence participation in a community health worker diabetes management intervention with African American and Latino adults? Presentation at 16th Annual Graduate Research Conference of the Northwestern Black Graduate Student Association, Evanston, IL.