12/26/2024 9:16:41 PM	CHW 52BL Course Outline as of Spring 2000	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CHW 52BL	Title:  COMM HEALTH EXP II
Full Title:  Community Health Experience II
Last Reviewed:2/26/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	.50		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	8.75
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	.50			Contact Total	8.75
		Non-contact DHR	7.50			Non-contact DHR Total	131.25

Total Out of Class Hours:  17.50

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

This course provides eight hours a week of experience as a Community Health Worker for students to practice skills learned in CHW 52B.  Another hour each week will be spent with instructor/supervisor, discussing community organization, assessment, outreach skills, and appropriate client referrals.  Community work assignments will demonstrate basic knowledge of vulnerable populations' health issues, communicable diseases, nutrition, heart disease and violence prevention. To get credit for professional experience for this class, students must send job description and letter of recommendation from their supervisor verifying that they have worked successfully for at least one year full time as a CHW.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
CHW 50, 52A, 52AL.

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course provides eight hours a week of experience as a Community Health Worker for students to practice skills learned in CHW 52B.  Another hour each week will be spend with instructor/supervisor, discussing community organization, assessment, outreach skills, and appropriate client referrals.  Community work assignments will demonstrate basic knowledge of vulnerable populations' health issues, communicable diseases, nutrition, heart diseases, and violence prevention. To get credit for professional experience for this class, students must send job description and letter of recommendation from their supervisor verifying that they have worked successfully for at least one year full time as a CHW.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:CHW 50, 52A, 52AL.
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:	Summer 2005
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

By the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.  Deomonstrate, with community experience assignments, the ability to

   refer clients to aid programs for which they qualify.

2.  Apply community organization, assessment, and outreach skills.

3.  Practice cultural awareness skills in the work setting.

4.  Demonstrate and ass new basic knowledge of vulnerable populations'

   health issues, communicable diseases, nutrition, heart disease and

   violence through work experience assignments.

5.  Apply program planning skills in the work setting.

6.  Practice self-care techniques.

Topics and Scope

I.   Students will complete eight hours of work experience each week:

    a.  Working in a Community Health Worker position in an assigned

        agency or clinic.

    b.  Students also complete one hour of seminar per week with their

        Work Experience I instructor/supervisor.

II.  Student assignments will include application of community

    orgainzation assessment, and outreach skills, practice of cultural

    awareness skills, experience with vulnerable populations' health

    issues, communicable diseases, and health promotion.

III. Fieldwork learning objectives and assignments related to the skills

    learned in CHW 52B will be reviewed and further discussed during the

    one-hour seminars.

IV.  The instructor will meeting with one-half of the students every

    other week, encouraging supportive problem solving and decision

    making by the students to deal with their work experience

    challenges.  Working wth vulnerable populations, communicating

    witih health teams and clients, role modeling health behaviors,

    managing time and stress and promoting health.

Assignments:

Example:

Based on the classroom presentation on community organization and

outreach, respon in two to three pages to this situation:

Your agency is planning a community health promotion event (public

meeting, health fair booth, or other).

1.  Identify three imprtant health promotion messages to give.

2.  Design a work plan for organizing the event, listing activities step

   by step, with names of health team members who will be doing the

   activity and the date the activity should be completed.

3.  Design a flyer and a publicity plan that will make people in your

   community want to come to your event.  Include who, what, where, when

   and where to call for further information.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 10%
Written homework
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 15 - 25%
Field work, working with vulnerable populations
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 10%
Field work, health promotion, management of time and stress
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 5 - 10%
essay
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 45 - 60%
Completion of required community work experience, Satisfactory evaluation from work experience supervisor, Attendance, Participation, Group evals

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Not Required

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