{"id":4520,"date":"2019-04-24T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2019-04-25T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T14:12:52","slug":"trainings-for-community-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/2019\/04\/24\/trainings-for-community-health-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainings for Community Health Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Public Health Training Center offers 35 recorded webinars and 15 Self-Paced courses specifically for Community Health Workers (CHWs) in public health.<\/p>\n

Below is a highlight of some of our trainings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0Trauma Informed Care to Support Health and Well-Being: Part Two<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=104<\/a><\/td>\n

Learn to describe the ways in which trauma manifests in adult as adaptations for survival.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Marketing Public Health<\/h5>\n

\u00a0https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Learn the four pillars of building a strong brand<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Human Health Effects of Climate Change<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=33<\/a><\/td>\n

Learn what health conditions are exacerbated by climate change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Introduction to Systems Thinking<\/h5>\n

\u00a0https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=33<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Learn what Systems Thinking is and describe its application<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Essential Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Pt. 1<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=88<\/a><\/td>\n

Explain the prevalence of opioid use disorder and opioid overdose and its impact on our region.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Essential Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Pt.2<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=89<\/a><\/td>\n

Explain the prevalence of opioid use disorder and opioid overdose and its impact on our region.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Umatter Suicide Prevention for Public Health Professionals<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=90<\/a><\/td>\n

Learn about important language to use when discussing suicide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Creating Public Health Messages & Materials Using Plain Language<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=84<\/a><\/td>\n

Recognize health literacy, language and culture as potential barriers to communicating public health messages\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CHWs are public health workers who apply their unique understanding of the experience, language and\/or culture of the populations they serve in order to carry out one or more of the following roles:<\/p>\n

Providing culturally appropriate health education, information and outreach in community-based settings, such as homes, schools, clinics, shelters, local businesses and community centers\u00a0CHWs are public health workers who apply their unique understanding of the experience, language and\/or culture of the populations they serve in order to carry out one or more of the following roles:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Bridging and\/or culturally mediating between individuals, communities and health and human services, including actively building individual and community capacity<\/li>\n
  • Assisting people to access the services they need<\/li>\n
  • Providing direct services, such as informal counseling, social support, care coordination and health screenings<\/li>\n
  • Advocating for individual and community needs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    CHWs are distinguished from other health professionals because they:<\/p>\n

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    • Are hired primarily for their understanding of the populations and communities they serve<\/li>\n
    • Spend a significant portion of time conducting outreach in the categories above<\/li>\n
    • Have experience providing services in community settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      New England Public Health Training Center offers 35 recorded webinars and 15 Self-Paced courses specifically for Community Health Workers (CHWs) in public health. Below is a highlight of some of our trainings: \u00a0Trauma Informed Care to Support Health and Well-Being: Part Two https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/course\/view.php?id=104 Learn to describe the ways in which trauma manifests in adult as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15447,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4520"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4583,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520\/revisions\/4583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}