UNRS 103 - Community Health Worker

Essential skills needed to become a community health worker. Integration of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual, family and community, while providing the science, philosophical foundation, and basic noninvasive technical skill. Includes both individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, individual and group education, coaching, social support, advocacy and networking.

Information: Students learn through didactic theory, simulations/case studies, and community immersions with diverse community populations and organizations. Before apprenticeship, students pass a background check, provide a fingerprint clearance card, drug/alcohol screening, current immunizations, and TB test.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Describe community health workers’ roles, competencies, and standards.
Analyze health issues from biomedical and public health perspectives.
Demonstrate effective communication, cultural humility principles to work with diverse populations.
Research, develop, and evaluate a group health education presentation.
Evaluate health care resources and community systems.
Demonstrate nonclinical health assessment and skills.
Practice professional conduct skills.

Outline:

National and State Competencies and Standards
1. Literacy
2. Language
3. Education
4. Cultural experience
Social Determinants of Health
1. Issues and inequalities
2. Social determinants of health
  1. Biomedical
  2. Public health
Service Coordination and Referral Management
1. Resources
2. Community systems
3. Eligbility
4. Access to service
Policy Development
1. Needs assessment
2. Evidence based knowledge
3. Advocacy
4. Methods of measurement
Nonclinical Health Assessment
Professional Conduct