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April 08-09, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland

Health Care and Neuroscience

International Conference on

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Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume 3

This presentation will Define the role of CHW’s and

define social determinants of health, giving a context

of how CHWs can be effectively utilized to improve

care coordination and patient outcomes; Provide

examples of care plan tools that CHW’s utilize to

communicate with other members of their care

teams; Provide information useful to advocate for the

utilization of CHW’s to address social determinants of

health in their individual health care settings; Provide

information to help influence policy or legislation

surrounding CHW’s in their state or country.

Speaker Biography

Nichelle A Mullins has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer

of Charter Oak Health Center, Inc. (COHC) since 2015. COHC is a federally

qualified health center that was founded in 1978 and provides quality

comprehensive health care to the underserved population regardless

of their ability to pay. She is responsible for managing a $26 million

budget and overseeing all operations for the facility which serves over

19,000 patients annually in 10 licensed sites within the city of Hartford.

She was initially hired as the Chief of Compliance and Legal Affairs for

COHC. She has over 17 years of legal and teaching experience. She has a

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/African and African American Studies

from the University of Michigan, a Master of Health Care Administration

from Walden University, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Syracuse

University College of Law. She is an ordained minister and currently

serves as an appointed member of the State of Connecticut Citizens

Ethics Advisory Board and the Governor’s Healthcare Cabinet Committee.