
Community Health Worker (CHW Core)
This course is designed to provide core competencies for Community Health Worker’s (CHWs). It includes key concepts of public health, outreach, advocacy, community and individual assessment, social determinants of health, health education, navigating insurance, stages of behavior change, service coordination and more. The 13-week core course consists of 48 hours of a blend of live online and asynchronous training The Spring 2021 CHW course is offered in a hybrid online web-based classroom beginning April 6th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM (MDT). The class will meet in live online classroom three times during the thirteen weeks; Tuesday evenings, 6pm-9pm (MDT) —April 6th, May 18th, and June 22nd. Weeks 2-6, 8-12, students will be working asynchronous (self-paced) and will also be required to choose from 20+ available asynchronous Health Specific Modules and must complete five by end of class. Community health workers are a vital component of the state and national public health and health care workforce. "Community Health Worker" is an umbrella term for a number of different job titles, including community health advocates, outreach educators, peer leaders, promotores de salud, doulas, and patient navigators. For many decades, CHWs have made significant contributions to community-based health promotion, disease prevention and maternal child health support. They have also improved the rate of health insurance coverage for underserved communities and individuals. CHWs improve access to and increase utilization of primary health care, reduce costs of care, improve quality of care, and reduce health disparities. For more information about this training curriculum, contact Suzanne Shemwell at Idaho State University-Meridian, shemsuza@isu.edu or call (208) 373-1764.
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