Table 4.

Weekly Online modules and learning objectives

Week	Modules	Learning Objectives
1	Becoming a Community Health Worker Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity Individual and Population Health Assessment	Course Introduction -Advocate for individuals and communities -Identify and works with CHW peers to help others grow professionally, act ethically, and meet the needs of the individuals and communities served Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity -Define the various determinants of health -Evaluate the impact of the various determinants of health of populations -Compare and contrast health equity, health equality, and health justice Individual and Population Health Assessment -Understand and describe your community -Assess bias and quality of information -Identify current strengths and needs within your community -Gather information from individuals
2	Cultural Humility and Congruence Community Outreach and Engagement Communication Strategies & Organizational Skills for Community Health Workers Talk with Me Baby	Cultural Humility and Congruence -Define culture, cultural humility, and cultural competency -Describe how cultural humility and cultural competency are critical to addressing health inequities -Recognize the importance of being aware of our unconscious and implicit biases -Identify the limits of our knowledge and make commitments to life-long learning and growth -Practice openness towards cultures and groups different from our own Community Outreach and Engagement -Define outreach -Identify the range of health issues addressed through outreach -Recognize different outreach levels and different methods of outreach -Explain strategies for engaging community members and key stakeholders -Develop an outreach plan and document your outreach services Communication Strategies & Organizational Skills for Community Health Workers -Define the work of CHWs -Understand different types of communication -Review strategies for effective communication and organizational skills useful for a CHW -Learn the importance of self-care Talk With Me Baby -Provide an overview of the science behind early language exposure and the impact early, rich language transactions have on a child socially, neurologically, developmentally, and linguistically
3	Introduction to Health Insurance Basics Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Disease Prevention	Introduction to Health Insurance Basics -Describe different health insurance plans and associated coverage documents -Differentiate between Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, and PeachCare for Kids -Explain patient eligibility and hoe to apple for different health insurance plans and coverages Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes -Define heart disease, stroke and diabetes -Identify the important risk factors that contribute to heart disease, stroke and diabetes development in adults -Describe prevention strategies used for heart disease, diabetes and stroke at the community and individual level -Identify the various methods that community health workers use to help prevent heart disease, diabetes and stroke Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Disease Prevention -Examine current culturally congruent dietary regimens that prevent cardiac disease along with recommended exercise regimen for adults -Explore dietary regimens best fit for preventing stroke; including salt restriction -Learn about the dietary regimens that are best to follow to prevent type II diabetes, understand healthy weight and exercise approaches -Understand the importance of stress management techniques and mental health awareness -Discuss two or three strategies for managing stress -Explore two or three ways mental health affects physical health
4	Social and Literacy Support Environmental Health and Justice Public Health and Population Health	Social and Literacy Support -Define literacy -Analyze literacy rates in the United States versus Georgia -Distinguish health literacy as a social determinant of health -Adapt effective patient communication strategies -Recall approaches to promote health literacy principles -Emphasize the importance of cultural competence Environmental Health and Justice -Comprehend and distinguish the terms: environmental health and climate change -Be able to identify common environmental hazards -Recognize the relationship between the environment and health outcomes -Understand the basics of environmental justice and its role in environmental health -Comprehend the role of the CHW in environmental health and climate change Public Health and Population Health -Define population health and public health terms -Describe how public health prevents disease and injury -Apply the principles of public and population health when providing education and resource linkage to community members
5	Community Capacity Building Advocacy Trauma Informed Care Caring for the LGBTQI + Community	Community Capacity Building -Define capacity building -Understand the benefits of capacity building -Identify best practices in building capacity -List the various roles and models used by CHWs engaged in capacity building Advocacy -Define advocacy -Recognize various scenarios in which CHWs act as advocates -Identify different levels and types of advocacy -Understand the skills needed to engage effectively as an advocate Trauma Informed Care -The Impact of Trauma on Health and Development -Responses to Trauma: What is Trauma-Informed Care? -Supporting Well-Being: What is Resiliency-Informed Care? Caring for the LGBTQI + Community -Pertinent LGBTQI + health related terminology -How to use cultural humility during encounters with LGBTQI + patients
6	Emergency Preparedness Care Coordination How Healthcare Professionals Can Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in the Community	Emergency Preparedness -Complete an emergency response plan -Describe how you could assist community members to develop emergency response plans -List the types of emergencies that can occur in your community and what role you would play during a disaster Care Coordination -Define care coordination and transition management -Identify the dimensions of care coordination and transition management important to the community health worker’s practice -Recognize the activities of care coordination and transition management important to the community health worker’s practice How Healthcare Professionals Can Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in the Community -Recognize the challenges surrounding COVID-19 vaccine confidence. -Employ validated methods for managing crucial conversations with patients around the COVID-19 vaccines -Employ best practices for managing social media about COVID-19 vaccines
7	Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Models of Treatment for Addiction Community Resilience	Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice -The Evolution of IPE and IPECP Competencies -Competency Domain 1: Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice -Competency Domain 2: Roles and Responsibilities -Competency Domain 3: Interprofessional Communication -Competency Domain 4: Teams and Teamwork Competencies Models of Treatment for Addiction -Understand the definitions of Addiction, Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and Dependency -Be familiar with the scope of SUD in the U.S. -Be familiar with each step in the SBIRT process -Understand the 3-prong approach to treating SUD -Be familiar with Medication Assisted Treatment for the 3 Use Disorders with FDA approved medications -Be familiar with treatment modalities for SUDs without an FDA approved maintenance medication -Understand the roles that Behavioral Health Care and Recovery Support play in treating SUD -Understand the philosophy of Harm Reduction and name examples -Be familiar with barriers to treatment and begin thinking about ways to address them Community Resilience -Describe the impact of stress and trauma on mental and physical health and potential mechanisms of healing via sensory-motor awareness -Explain the six skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) -Apply the 3 core skills of CRM to self and others: tracking, resourcing, and grounding.
8	Teaching Skills HIV Prevention Stigma	Teaching Skills -Familiarize yourself with best practices in adult learning -Identify the steps involved in planning and organizing a training -Develop goals and objectives for a training -Learn effective facilitation techniques -Understand how to create a simple evaluation of a training HIV Prevention -Give clients baseline information about HIV -Recall current HIV prevention tools -Describe the critical role CHWs can play in addressing inequities in HIV outcomes Stigma -Define stigma -Recognize the different levels in which stigma operates -Describe frequently stigmatized populations and conditions -Identify the effects of stigma in healthcare settings -Explain how you can combat stigma
9	Understanding and Preventing Suicide Individual-Level Approaches to Improve Resilience Cultivating Compassion Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth Making Your Workplace Work for You	Understanding and Preventing Suicide -Understand the scope of suicide as a public health problem -Explain suicide risks and protective factors -Describe evidence-based interventions for preventing suicide Individual-Level Approaches to Improve Resilience -Understand why stress management is crucial to health and well-being -Describe how our brain and bodies respond to stress -Explain why stress can become harmful -Understand how to train the mind to respond more optimally to stressors Cultivating Compassion -Explored a contemplative approach to cultivating compassion -Reviewed new perspectives on the causes and downsides of burnout -Learned the potential of compassion to mitigate or protect against burnout Stress, Depression, and Anxiety -Understand the difference between stress and anxiety -Identify current prevalence of anxiety and depression -Define symptoms of anxiety and depression -Identify work/life interfering behaviors and symptoms related to anxiety and depression -Understand the evidence-based interventions for treatment of anxiety and depression -Understand the clinical consequences of untreated and insufficiently treated anxiety and depression -Identify self-care tips to help with stress, anxiety and depression Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth -Understand that trauma can occur across the lifespan and settings -Define post-traumatic growth (PTG) -Describe resources to support posttraumatic growth for individuals and their workplace teams Making Your Workplace Work for You -Understand key, self-focused agility practices -Apply self-focused agility practices in the workplace -Understand the responsibilities of a health system in supporting agility and resilience