Online Learning Readiness: What To Ask CHWs Before Starting a Course
Here’s how you can use a learning readiness assessment to increase your program’s chances of success.
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Massachusetts CHW Core Competencies
Massachusetts has thousands of community health workers (CHWs) employed and volunteering across the state. Most work in Boston, but they also work in the larger Metro region, Central Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Western Massachusetts and even in the far Northeast region of the state. Massachusetts CHWs work in a wide variety of settings. They’re in including …
COVID-19: Summer of 2022 Update
Over the past couple of years, a lot’s been said and done about COVID-19. Now, differing mandates have many people feeling conflicted, and new variants continue to spread. Thankfully, community health workers can educate patients, prevent them from getting this dangerous virus, and avoid its advancement. At CHWTraining, we compiled the most common questions any …
5 Free Disease Prevention Training Resources Community Health Workers Can Use for 2022
Disease prevention is one of our greatest achievements as human beings. We’ve been able to reduce the number of people dying from infectious diseases by over 90% in just 100 years. But there’s still much to learn about how to keep ourselves healthy. Thankfully, we have community health workers (CHWs), promotores de salud, health advisors …
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Cross-training: The Simple Solution To Keep CHWs, Your Staff, and Your Clients and Patients Happier
Cross-training healthcare teams to be community health workers is accessible, easy to integrate with existing schedules, and applicable to anyone on staff. It improves health outcomes and benefits patients, healthcare teams, and agencies.
Women’s Health: 7 Skills Every Community Health Worker Needs
To build a healthy community that supports the needs of high-risk or at-risk communities, community health worker programs need to improve health and wellness for everyone. While we regularly talk about health and disease in generalized terms, women’s health requires a specific focus. Health has gender differences. The CHWs in your program need to understand …
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Hiring Community Health Workers: Everything You Need to Know
Community health workers are a priceless addition to any healthcare system. In fact, studies show that CHWs can represent significant savings for healthcare teams. So it makes sense that many organizations are hiring community health workers as they expand services and reach. But what exactly are community health workers and how can you incorporate them …
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Community Health Worker Career: 6 Steps To Get Ahead
The news is out: more people want a community health worker career now more than ever. And the reason for this shift is simple: A CHW career is rewarding, and it is a critical piece of a healthcare team. Being a CHW is also a good career choice. There are more jobs than ever in …
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Michigan CHW Core Competencies
Community health workers are essential frontline workers helping connect at-risk populations with the preventive health services they need to lead happy, healthy lives. In Michigan, CHWs take into account factors like social context, language barriers, and common behaviors to address healthcare with a culturally-sensitive approach. They’re a trusted authority in the community because they’re first …
15 Core Skills You Need for a CHW Career
Employment opportunities for community health workers are better than ever. Organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and the US Department of Health & Human Services are frequently announcing new programs, funding and resources for CHWs in an effort to improve health outcomes and reduce the cost of hospitalization and long-term conditions in the health …