速成社区卫生工作者

什么是加速社区卫生工作者计划?

16周后, 加速社区卫生工作者计划准备你在公共卫生工作, 私人医疗服务系统, 以社区为基础的社会服务机构, 医疗保险组织. Community Health Workers provide services to increase wellness and improve access to health services through outreach activities to target populations. The program will train you to develop positive relationships with individuals who need assistance and support in developing healthy behaviors, 利用卫生资源, and gaining educational support to prevent or alleviate the effects of chronic disease. Hospitals, churches, clinics, 保险公司, 非营利组织都需要社区医疗工作者的服务. 

Courses 

CHW 1001 - 认证第一部分

(须修毕所有三门健康护理课程，方可取得健康护理证书)

Designed to provide a basic understanding of variables that affect health in the community. Learning Outcomes: List the determinants of health at the individual and community level; implement community assessment techniques to include demographics, mapping, and analysis of governmental agency services; describe tracking techniques of clients and services; specify the dynamics in relationship building among groups, organizations, and individuals in a community; and identify initiatives that will impact the health status of a poor under-served community. 

地方、区域和国家卫生保健资源研究. 卫生组织的识别, 支持团体, 以及用于客户转诊的卫生保健提供系统. Activities include visits to various local agencies and attendance/participation in related activities. Learning Outcomes: Identify various local health-related resources and their eligibility requirements; develop/define methods used for client eligibility and referral; identify the levels and settings of health care and roles of various health occupations within the community; and assist clients in meeting eligibility requirements and accessing needed services and benefits. 

CHW 1002 - 认证第II部分

(须修毕所有三门健康护理课程，方可取得健康护理证书)

Study of the cultural aspects and public policy of food and nutrition and the socioeconomic and psychological aspects of nutrition throughout the life cycle. Provides information on developing culturally appropriate community-level interventions to improve nutrition for vulnerable populations; explain the basic nutrition principles from prenatal care to care for the aging; increase knowledge of cultural influences on diet and food preference; assess clients’ diets utilizing interview techniques; calculate BME and caloric intake for normal and abnormal physiological conditions; and locate appropriate community resources and public-sector programs.

为个人实地工作做准备, families, 以及强调教学和能力建设技能的小组. 主题包括行为改变理论, 推广方法, 区域游说, home visiting, group work, 社区活动, 社区组织. Implement neighborhood/rural outreach campaigns; conduct informal counseling and educational sessions with individuals, families, and community groups; organize 社区活动 for purposes of developing community capacity for change.

CHW 1003-临床社区卫生

(须修毕所有三门健康护理课程，方可取得健康护理证书)

Career-related activities encountered in the student’s area of specialization offered through an individualized agreement among the college, employer, and student. 在学院和雇主的监督下, 该学生将课堂学习与工作经验结合起来.  包括一个讲座组件. 学习成果:如学习计划所述, 运用理论, concepts, 以及涉及专业材料的技能, tools, equipment, procedures, regulations, laws, 以及政治内部和政治之间的互动, economic, environmental, social, and legal systems associated with the occupation and the business/industry and will demonstrate legal and ethical behavior, 安全措施, 人际交往和团队合作能力, and appropriate written and verbal communication skills using the terminology of the occupation and the business/industry.

程序信息

时间的承诺 

认证

• 德克萨斯州的居民  
• Training – Completion of an approved DSHS-certified 160-hour competency-based Community Health Worker training program. 

CE2Credit资格

项目要求