CHW-NEC

Oregon Technical Assistance Workshop

Oregon

October 14, 2007

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"Popular Education in Action".

 –Noelle Wiggins and Tere Rios

A demonstration of "Popular Education in Action". Philosophy and methodology offered by Noelle Wiggins, Capacitation Center Director, Multnomah County Health Department and by Tere Rios, an active CHW leader/instructor in Portland, Oregon.

Multimedia

DVD from the workshop

This product includes information on Popular Education as a "philospphy and methodology" offered by Noelle Wiggins, Capacitation Center Director, Multnomah County Health Department and by Tere Rios, an active CHW leader/instructor in Portland, Oregon. Noelle Wiggins ends the DVD with her reflections on the impact that the CHW-NEC has had on sharing the most promising practices in the development and delivery of college responsive programs for CHWs nationwide.

How to order a copy of the DVD

Requests for hard copies of DVD and accompanying hard copy of the instructional materials may be made by contacting the CHW-NEC Project at The University of Arizona, 1834 Mabel St., Tucson Arizona 85721; phone:(520) 626-4026; fax:(520) 626-4037. These materials are offered for instructional/educational uses in the "Public Domain" with the proviso that acknowledgement of their authorship must be included. There is a cost involved for shipping and handling.

Presenters

Noelle Wiggins

Noelle Wiggins is the Director of the Community Capacitation Center at the Multnomah County Health Dept. She has had the honor and pleasure of working with Community Health Workers/promotores for 19 years. Her special interests are the role of CHWs as community organizers, and the special synergies created when we combine the CHW model with popular education methodology.

Tere Rios

Teresa Rios is the Capacitation Coordinator for the Multnomah County Health Department’s Community Capacitation Center. From 1988-1999, Ms. Rios worked as a Community Health Worker/promotora with the El Niño Sano/La Familia Sana/La Comunidad Sana programs in Hood River, Oregon. Ms. Rios has presented at over 50 state and national conferences and is a well-known trainer and advocate for CHWs/promotores/as. She served on the Advisory Council of the National Community Health Advisor Study and is a former Chair of the Community Health Worker Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG) of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Teresa is also a certified NIA instructor. NIA is an expressive fitness and awareness program that blends movements and concepts from a variety of cultures.