Community Health Work

Classes

CHW 101: Community Health Worker Fundamentals

Discipline
Community Health Work
Lecture Hours 3

Identifies the roles that Community Health Workers play in Hawai‘i and the broader public health system and introduces the attitudes, skills and knowledge of the profession.

Prerequisites

Placement into ENG 100X.

Course Outcomes
  • Develop communication and interpersonal skills through interactions with fellow students, clients, and professionals in the community.
  • Develop professional skills and identify best practices for use with various populations and in diverse human service settings.
  • Use critical thinking, problem solving, and research skills to evaluate the social conditions of vulnerable populations and identify potential advocacy strategies.

CHW 135: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Discipline
Community Health Work
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3

Explores the role Community Health Workers play in health promotion and disease prevention. Introduces the major causes of premature mortality and morbidity, behavioral and environmental contributions to illness and injury, and strategies for promoting health, wellness, and risk reduction. Provides opportunities to practice developing and teaching health promotion/disease prevention classes.

Prerequisites

Grade of C or better in CHW 101, or instructor consent.

Course Outcomes
  • Identify health promotion strategies and their rationale.
  • Examine major behavioral and environmental risk factors for illness, disease, and injury.
  • Apply concepts and practice teaching skills to promote healthy behaviors and prevent chronic disease.
  • Access and analyze health information.

CHW 140: Introduction to Counseling & Interviewing

Discipline
Community Health Work
Lecture Hours 3

Offers a basic introduction to counseling theory and practice for those interested in working in helping professions. Provides opportunities to practice skills through role-playing.

Recommended Preparation

Credit for CHW 101

Prerequisites

Placement into ENG 100X.

Course Outcomes
  • Use critical thinking and problem solving skills to improve personal wellbeing and enhance professional potential.
  • Demonstrate attitudes, skills and knowledge of best practice strategies appropriate to a variety of populations in diverse human service settings.
  • Identify vulnerable populations and the social conditions that contribute to their vulnerability, and consider advocacy strategies to help alleviate those conditions.
  • Engage in civic activities that assist in the development of self-awareness and influence the development of professionalism.

CHW 141: Case Management

Discipline
Community Health Work
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3

Provides knowledge and practical skills to become a competent case manager in health and human services agencies. Students apply the Ecological Model, Strengths Perspective, and effective interviewing skills to case management tasks including intake, assessment, service planning, care coordination, discharge planning, and referral. Explores individual and community capacity building, cultural competence, professional ethics and boundaries.

Prerequisites

Grade of C or better in CHW 140, or instructor consent

Course Outcomes
  • Apply the Ecological Model, Strengths Perspective and Patient-Centered Care in case management tasks with people of diverse backgrounds and needs.
  • Identify, demonstrate and evaluate the attitudes, skills and knowledge (ASK) required to effectively engage individuals in case management services.
  • Explain and apply professional, ethical and cultural considerations in case management activities.

CHW 145: Community Health Worker Practicum

Discipline
Community Health Work
Credits 4

Students will complete 225 practicum hours over the semester. Practicum hours include preparation of resume, letter of introduction, researching agencies and interviewing for placement. (225 hours Clinical Instruction)

Prerequisites

Grade of C or better in HSER 140 and ENG 100, or instructor consent.

Course Outcomes
  • Develop interpersonal skills that build appropriate, collaborative, respectful relationships with fellow students, clients and professionals in the community.
  • Perform to reflect the attitudes, skills and knowledge of best practice strategies across a variety of populations in diverse human service settings.
  • Identify vulnerable populations and the social conditions that contribute to their vulnerability and consider advocacy strategies to help alleviate those conditions.
  • Develop self-awareness of person values, interpersonal styles, strengths and challenges that influence the development of professionalism.