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Community
Health Advocacy
Offered through Hocking College & Tri-County Adult Career Center in conjunction with the Community Health Worker Advisory Council.
Course will be taught once
a year through Hocking College
during their spring term (March to June). Classes
will run once a week for two hours for 10 weeks.
Tuition
is $200.00
20
Contact Hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This entry level Community Health Course
gives students the knowledge of resources in their community and gives them
skills and empowerment to help clients/patients/community members make
behavioral changes in the areas of health promotion and disease
prevention.
Classroom lecture/discussion focuses
on the role of a community health advocate, resources in the community,
knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention, HIPPA regulations,
medical law and ethics, communication techniques, and hands-on training
experience in the pathway models to solve healthcare problems.
Students explore their community resources outside the classroom.
This course is designed for
volunteers from the community and persons working directly with families
and individuals in a community setting.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Identify barriers to wellness in the
community
- Learn ways to help people make behavioral
changes
- Identify resources in the community
- Increase knowledge of health promotion and
disease prevention
- Increase self-awareness
- Improve listening and communication
techniques
- Learn ways to help people in crisis
- Learn ways to help people deal with loss
across the lifespan
- Understand HIPAA & medical legal and
ethical issues
- Learn how to use Pathways Models
toward solving access to healthcare in the community.
For Information Contact: Suzanne
Perry, RN, LSW
Tri-County Adult Career Center
Phone:
740-753-5403
E-mail: tj_sperry@seovec.org
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