Quiz: Is Your Community-Based Team Burned Out?
Burnout can manifest as frustration, anger, exhaustion, and lack of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy. Read on to find out whether your team is reaching or struggling with burnout.
The Coronavirus Is Changing the Community Health Workforce. The Shifts May Be Here to Stay
Here are four ways healthcare agencies, state and federal leaders, and employers can use community health workers in their community-based workforce to protect vulnerable communities. CHWs boost the capacity of hospitals and public health organizations now more than they ever have before.
Most Important Tobacco Cessation Skills for a CHW Training Plan
Whether you want to expand your community health workers’ knowledge of tobacco and vaping cessation techniques or keep them updated on the latest best practices, offering accessible training will help you set up a sustainable program that earns results. But for you to create a training plan that works, you need to be strategic in your approach.
Asthma Awareness Best Practices
Asthma one lung disease that keeps people visiting the ER—but it doesn’t have to be that way. These are some best practices that healthcare agencies who use community health workers or who want to use them can follow in order to improve asthma patient outcomes. These help patients follow asthma action plans, understand their medication, and avoid (or minimize) an attack in the future.
Oral Health Training Initiatives in Every State
The mouth is connected to the rest of the body, and many states look at oral health as a way to improve overall community health. Keep reading to learn more about what every state is doing about oral health and CHWs and helpful resources and background information for program coordinators and administrators.
What’s New for Diabetes and Prediabetes
Diabetes is a particularly difficult condition to maintain. It’s chronic and everything a person does, from what and how much they eat to how much they exercise to a good night’s rest the night before. Now, the coronavirus is making diabetes the kind of death threat it never has been before. Still, it is manageable. The newest update to Diabetes and Prediabetes shows how health promoters and community health workers can offer support, best practices, referrals, diet tips, and more.
8 Helpful Tips for Running Better Virtual Trainings
Feeling panicked about moving your training online? Relax! Learn some fresh tips to help run more effective and productive trainings for remote health workers.
10 Signs You Need to Make a Behavioral Health Referral
Supporting clients and patients in crisis situations is critically important. Stress can cause problems with the whole body and can also be a trigger for negative behaviors. This list of signs lets health workers know when it’s time to refer someone to a behavioral health professional for more support.
CHWTraining Adds “Cervical Cancer and HPV” to its Chronic Illness Online Course Library
CHWTraining is proud to announce the Cervical Cancer and HPV course to its course library in the chronic illness learning track.
A simple guide to coronavirus to share with patients and clients
With news about COVID-19 blasting out by the minute, many of us might be starting to feel overwhelmed. This simple guide—written in plain language—is something you can share with clients and patients. These are the most common questions we’re asked, plus some tips for handwashing mistakes.