Training Guide to Foundations for CHWs

This Training Guide to Foundations for Community Health Workers, Second Edition, was developed by faculty who teach in the Community Health Worker (CHW) Certificate Program at City College of San Francisco (CCSF). The guide represents some of our favorite training activities and assessments, developed in partnership with students, CHW graduates, local employers, and public health leaders. This is meant to be used when teaching or training using the textbook Foundations for Community Health Workers, Second Edition.

Although the guide is based on the curriculum from our college-based CHW Certificate Program, we hope that it will serve as a meaningful resource for training CHWs in any setting. Please feel free to download and share these chapters with your colleagues, citing CCSF as the source.

© October 2015. Tim Berthold, Community Health Worker Certificate Program, City College of San Francisco.

• Overview

• Part 1: Community Health Work: The Big Picture

• Part 2: Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services

• Part 3: Enhancing Professional Skills

• Part 4: Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues

• Part 5: Working with Groups and Communities

• Index to Videos

Download all files: Training Guide to Foundations for Community Health Workers, Second Edition.zip

The creation of this Training Guide was supported by grant numbers 1CMS331071-01-00 and 1C1CMS331300-01-00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Disclaimer: The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessary represent the official view of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any of its agencies.