Community Health Worker Curriculum
Center for Healthy Communities
Introduction to Community Health Advocacy
- Syllabus Winter 2007 (PDF)
- Class 1: Introduction and Orientation (PDF)
- Class 2: Purpose and Benefits of Community Health Advocates I (PDF)
- Class 3: Role of Community Health Advocate (CHA) Past and Present (PDF)
- Class 4: Basic Concepts of Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (PDF)
- Class 5: Barriers to Access/Use of Health Care (PDF)
- Class 6: Cultural Health Beliefs and Practices (PDF)
- Class 7: Community Resources I (PDF)
- Class 8: Community Resources II (PDF)
- Class 9: Communication (PDF)
- Class 10: Communicating to Groups (PDF)
- Class 11: Role Based Functioning and Practice Limitations (PDF)
- Class 12: Referrals and Links to Services (PDF)
- Class 13: Health Care Financing (PDF)
- Class 14: Legal Advocacy (PDF)
- Class 15: Documentation and Health Information Exchange (HIEx™) (PDF)
- Class 16: Broad Determinants of Health and Public Health (PDF)
- Class 17: Health Disparities (PDF)
- Class 18: Cultural Competency (PDF)
- Class 19: Safety Issues for Community Health Workers (PDF)
- Class 20: Referrals and Links to Services Class Assignment (PDF)
- Class 21: Presentations (PDF)
- Classes 1-21 with Syllabus (one document) (PDF)
Promoting Health/Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke, and Cancer
- Class 1: Introduction to course and Basic Concepts of Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (PDF)
- Class 2: Overview of Heart Disease and Stroke (PDF)
- Class 3: High Blood Pressure (PDF)
- Class 4: Measurement of Blood Pressure (PDF)
- Class 5: High Blood Cholesterol (PDF)
- Class 6: Diabetes (PDF)
- Class 7: Heart Attack (PDF)
- Class 8: Stroke (PDF)
- Class 9: Heart Failure (PDF)
- Class 10: Atrial Fibrillation (PDF)
- Class 11: Cancer Overview, Breast and Cervical Cancer (PDF)
- Class 12: Colorectal, Skin, and Prostate Cancer (PDF)
- Class 13: Talking To Your Doctor (PDF)
- Class 14: Taking Medicine (PDF)
- Class 15: Healthy Eating & Weight Control (PDF)
- Class 16: Physical Activity (PDF)
- Class 17: Depression and Stress (PDF)
- Class 18: Tobacco Control (PDF)
Last edited on 01/06/2017.
