Online course.Holyoke.Health Sciences.HTH 201: Essential Health Topics for Community Health Workers
This 2 credit course provides students with an understanding of some of the common mental and behavioral health issues and chronic diseases that they are likely to encounter as Community Health Workers. This class in population-based health topics was developed to align with the educational requirements proposed for certification as a Community Health Worker by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
- Date:
- 2016
- Primary Material Type:
- Collection
- Other Material Types:
- Assessment Tool, Assignment, Quiz/Test, Syllabus
- Institution:
- Holyoke Community College
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 4
- Subjects:
- community health workers, population-based health, public health, chronic disease management
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Commonwealth Care Alliance - consulted on and developed power point slides on behavioral and mental health topics
- Industry Sector:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (62)
- Occupation:
- Community and Social Services Occupations -- Community Health Workers (21-1094)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Health-related Knowledge and Skills (34)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 90 hours total
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Mix of Active and Presentation.
- Quality Rubric:
- Other
- Quality Note:
- Peer review by other online instructors using online quality rubric developed by Online Learning Department.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Using an approved rubric to conduct the evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Course Note:
- Essential Health Topics for Community Health Workers which is part of the Community Health Worker Certificate in our Foundations of Health Program
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
- Interactive - Keyboard
- Interactive - Text prompts
Copyright / Licensing
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