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Abstract Presentations

2024 Health Literacy Collaborative Summit, Madison, WI; April 8-9, 2024

Algorithm-Based Community Health Worker (CHW) Public Health Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Increasing Health Literacy in Older Adults. Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC; Brandon Pate, MPH, CPH, CP-C, CCP-C; Denise Hernandez, Ph.D. MPH, CHWI. Accepted.

American Society of Health System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA; December 3-7, 2023.

Associations of Social Determinants of Health, Perceptions of Health Equity with Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Underserved Populations – Qualitative Phase. Sulin Kamt, PharmD Candidate; Rafia Rasu, PhD; Lesley-Ann Miller-Wilson, PhD; Annesha White, PhD; Shlesma Chhetri, PhD; Rachal Hittson-Smith, MPH; Denise Hernandez, PhD; Amber Coleman, PharmD; Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Virtual, November 2023.

Collaborating with community health workers to address the social challenges of emergency response and recovery activities. Hernandez, D. A., Phipps, L.

Publications

St. John, J., Beaudoin, C. E., Nimmons, K., Adame, D., & Ory, M. (2013). Promotores and ÉPICO: A model for implementing a cancer training and education program among Hispanics with increased cancer risk. Texas Public Health Journal, 65(1), 20-24.

Li, Y., Carlson, E., Hernandez, D.A., Green, B., et al. (2019). Patient Perception and Cost-Effectiveness of a Patient Navigation Program to Improve Breast Cancer Screening for Hispanic Women. Health Equity, 3(1). DOI: 10.1089/heq.2018.0089

Hernandez, D. A. (2020). The impact of perceived organizational support on member satisfaction with community health worker organizations (Order No. 28208176). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2471743235).

Media

Fort Worth Report

Training at UNT HSC prepares officials from across Tarrant County to take on emergency events (July 6, 2023).

Dallas Morning News

Meet the Latina nonprofit leader who has helped improve health outreach in DFW (October 14, 2021).

Univision-Dallas

(November 11, 2023)

2021 Ford Mujeres Legendarias Awards

CHW Crew Podcast Interview

For the episode today we hear from Dr. Hernandez and her journey into the CHW field. She is a co-founder of DFW CHW Association one of the largest Associations in Texas serving CHWs and Promotoras.

Latinos Con Voz Podcast interview

A podcast from the National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the National Hispanic and Latino Prevention Technology Transfer Center that will highlight the important work being done by our subject matter experts who are Latino and/or Latino serving. Through this podcast our team hopes to provide a dose of hope, clarity on behavioral health topics, the normalization of these conversations in our communities, and to move from awareness to action.