Community Health Worker Achievement

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.

CIP code: 51.150

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, the learner will be able to:

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