5/6/2024 10:27:53 AM	CHW 52B Course Outline as of Spring 2000	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CHW 52B	Title:  ESSENTIAL SKILLS CHW II
Full Title:  Essential Skills for Community Health Worker II
Last Reviewed:2/26/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

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
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Catalog Description:

Training community health workers to be members of health care teams who provide practical and  suitable services to medically under-served people in their Sonoma County communities.  Skills include identifying health services providers, getting involved in the community, supporting community causes, identifying violence problems in communities, planning programs, and developing health education messages about a variety of health topics.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CHW 50 & CHW 52A & CHW 52AL with grade of "C" or better.

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Training community health workers to be members of health care teams who p rovide practical and  suitable services to medically underserved people in their Sonoma County communities.  Skills include identifying health services providers, getting involved in the community, supporting community causes, identifying violence problems in communities, planning programs, and developing health education messages about a variety of health topics.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Completion of CHW 50 & CHW 52A & CHW 52AL with grade of "C" or better.
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.  Compare and contrast several types of managed care plans (HMO, PPO,

   IPA, fee-for-service).

2.  Identify which health care plans would best serve your community.

3.  Analyze the ability of managed care plans to prevent health problems.

4.  List types of government aid and how to gain access to them.

5.  Identify and give examples in which communities are organized, with

   special attention to a variety of cultures and economic conditions.

6.  Identify ethnic communities and health problems that are common to

   each as well as among all groups.

7.  Analyze how the ethnic communities have traditionally responded to

   their health problems.  What was the evolution?

8.  Identify health issues that are common in homosexual and bisexual

   communities.

9.  Analyze how the gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities have in the

   past responded to their health problems.

10. Identify special health concerns of other vulnerable populations.

   Children, youth, disabled, women, elderly

11. List four important messages a pregnant woman should know.

12. Name five common communicable diseases and one way to prevent each

   one.

13. Identify a healthy eating habits.

14. List and evaluate nutrition suggestions that would be suitable for

   people from different cultures.

15. List risk factors for heart disease.

16. Identify communities where heart disease is common.

17. Explain five ways to prevent heart disease.

18. Describe the problem of violence in your community.

19. Identify the cycle of violence.

20. Evaluate ways to prevent family violence.

21. List three referrals for vulnerable populations in your community.

22. Identify the important parts of project planning.

23. Demonstrate techniques for street safety.

24. Describe how a community support network affects one's health.

25. Describe four self care and four stress management habits.

Topics and Scope

I.    Health Policy

     A.  Primary health care

     B.  Types of managed health care plans(HMO, PPO, IPA, single-payer)

II.   Qualifications and Resources

     A.  Medicaid, Medical, Medicare, GA, SSI, etc.

     B.  Changing profile: Who are the needy?

III.  Community Organization

     A.  Community assessment

     B.  Planning and leading meetings

     C.  Publicizing community events

     D.  Project and program evaluation

IV.   Community Networking

     A.  Providing leadership

     B.  Identifying leadership and social networks that are present in

         the community.

V.    Social Reasons That Affect Health

     A.  Effects of economic conditions on health

     B.  Effects of culture on health

VI.   Serving Different Cultures/Populations

     A.  Cultural awareness

     B.  Building multicultural connections

     C.  Health beliefs of different cultures.

VII.  Serving Vulnerable Populations, Infants, children, youth, Women,

     Mentally and physically challenged, Homosexual and bisexuals, and

     the Elderly

VIII. Communicable Diseases

     A.  Common communicable diseases in Sonoma County

     B.  Prevention/immunization

     C.  Finding cases

IX.   Cancer and Other Noncommunicable Diseases

X.    Nutrition

     A.  Healthy eating habits

     B.  Practical nutrition advice that is suitable for different

         cultures

XI.   Heart Disease

     A.  Risks

     B.  Prevention

XII.  Emotional Challenges

     A.  Death and dying

     B.  Life threatening illness

     C.  Acculturation

     D.  Dealing with loss and trauma

XIII. Violence

     A.  In communities

     B.  In families

     C.  Ways to prevent violence.

XIV.  Introduction to Personal and Program Planning

     A.  Managing time -  arranging tasks.

     B.  Planning projects

     C.  Building a personal filing system

XV.   Self Care for Health Providers

     A.  Developing support networks

     B.  Managing stress and maintaining sanity.

     C.  Avoiding communicable diseases

Assignments:

Example:

Combining lessons on nutrition and adolescence and women's health, outline

a health care information message for a female teenager at your health are

office who is 30 pounds overweight, is depressed about her diets not

working (she skips breakfast and lunch), and says she eats a lot of sweets

and fast foods.  As a Community Health Worker, describe how you would:

1.  Find out what the client already knows about nutrition

2.  Identify the challenges of changing eating habits from the client's

   point of view.

3.  Identify and evaluate the factors relating to the client's readiness

   for change.

4.  Identify three of the most important health problems.

5.  Identify community health resources

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 10 - 15%
case mngt study, comm involve, resources/referrals
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 10%
health ed messages, violence prevention, roleplay
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 25%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 40 - 60%
Professionalism. Criteria use on file.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Directory: Sonoma County Human Services and Nonprofit Agencies.

 Volunteer Center of Sonoma County.  1998.

Health Profile '96, Sonoma County Department of Health Services, 1996.

OutREACH:  A Notebook of Ideas and Resources for Community Health Work by

Laura Goldman, 1996.

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