Advancing the Role of Community Health Workers in Youth Suicide Prevention
Department and Center Event
Fourth Term Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy: Suicide Prevention
Dr. Alvarez will discuss approaches to integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) and other lay health providers into interventions to prevent youth suicide, including culturally responsive models focused on family systems. She will describe findings from an ongoing study of a CHW-led caregiver intervention delivered in pediatric primary care settings to Spanish-speaking Latine families.

Kiara Alvarez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health, Behavior, and Society
School of Medicine (joint)
Department of Health, Behavior, and Society
School of Medicine (joint)