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IDPH provides $10 million to Illinois community health workers expanding mission
SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - The Illinois Public Health Association and Illinois Primary Health Care Association helped train 650 people to be health care workers in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. These pandemic health navigators served people in 92 counties,...
Certification for community health workers opens doors for culturally competent care in Kansas
Kansas has recently taken steps to create additional support for community health workers (CHWs) and the care they provide for communities around the state. "This year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced a new certification for these health...
Latino Vaccination Rates Increase in Response to PASOs Outreach Efforts in South Carolina
Epidemiology student Samantha Rieche and The Center for Community Health Alignment communications coordinator Richard Strater explain how PASOs has helped mitigate #COVID19 #HealthDisparities in SC through increased #vaccination rates in Latino communities.➡️...
Tips for Designing Community Health Worker Training Programs
Nationwide, community health worker training programs have no mandated curriculum. While some states host their own community health worker training programs, there isn’t necessarily an evidence-based best practice for helping aspiring community health workers learn...
SCCHWA Certification Exam
Community Health Workers enrolled in the Core Competency Training will be administered the South Carolina Community Health Workers Association Certification Exam on April 22nd from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. The Core Competency Review Day is April 8th from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm....
Core Competency Training Summer 2022
The Community Health Worker Core Competency Training Curriculum is delivered utilizing participatory learning techniques and adult learning principles. Training is a total of approximately 161 hours. Those 161 hours are divided into 81 hours of facilitated learning...
Rural Health Specialty Track Training
Our Rural Health specialty track was developed based on combined efforts from the UofSC School of Social work, South Carolina Office of Rural Health, and Community Health Workers across the state who work in rural South Carolina. This training is a two-day...
Core Competency Training Spring 2022
The Community Health Worker Core Competency Training Curriculum is delivered utilizing participatory learning techniques and adult learning principles. Training is a total of approximately 161 hours. Those 161 hours are divided into 81 hours of facilitated learning...