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NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Adolescent Health

Course # 69885
NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Adolescent Health

Location

Online Course
MAHEC
Asheville, NC 28803

Dates & Times

Mar 31, 2023 1:00 AM – Oct 20, 2025 1:00 AM

Contact

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About This Module

This module is divided into the following sections focusing on Overview of Adolescent Health, Health and Wellness Practices for Adolescents, and Role of CHW's in Supporting Adolescents.

Approximate time to complete the course: 90 minutes

Learner content includes: Video, corresponding course handout, exercises and a brief post test.


Participants have unlimited time to complete this course and access course materials.



About This Series

NC AHEC, as an anchor partner in the NC CHW Initiative, is committed to ensuring that Community Health Workers have access to ongoing training and professional development resources. As a vital workforce for advancing health for all, it is important that CHWs are able to deepen their knowledge and sharpen their skills for providing all North Carolinians with the opportunity for health and wellness. Through funding provided by the NC DHHS Department of Health Benefits (Medicaid), NC AHEC has worked with other key stakeholders, including CHWs and CHW supervisors, to develop standards for CHW Specialty training, identify key training topics, and develop a series of online modules specifically geared towards preparing CHWs to partner with primary care practices as part of the new Medicaid Managed Care network.

Each module provides continuing education credit recognized by the NC CHW Association for the purposes of maintaining certification. Some modules stand alone in terms of the topic covered while others can be combined to deepen CHW knowledge and skills on a particular topic. Each module has been co-developed with CHWs to ensure the focus of learning and style of education reflect CHW culture and real-life scenarios.


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Partners on the CHW Specialty Training Work Group:
Avery Health Education and Consulting, LLC
Central Piedmont Community College
CommUnity Healing through Activism and Strategic Mobilization (CHASM) Institute
Durham Tech Community College
Duke AHEC
Piedmont AHEC
Mountain AHEC
NC AHEC
NC Community Health Center Association
NC CHW Association
NC DHHS Office of Rural Health
North Carolina Central University
Northwest AHEC
Saint Augustine's University
South Piedmont AHEC
Southern Regional AHEC
Wake AHEC
UNC Pembroke

This course is part of the online NC AHEC Community Health Worker courses of recorded content.

In Collaboration with


UNM ECHONC-CHWA

IHI

By registering for this program,
participants understand that their contact information may be shared with NC DHHS.

Audience

Community health workers, lay health workers, outreach workers, and other frontline public health workers improving the health of their communities, and the supervisors, colleagues and allies of the CHW workforce

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

check Define "Adolescent Health"
check List the key components and benefits of Adolescent Health
check Discuss benefits of healthy nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and sleep for Adolescents
check Discuss connection between school performance and health and wellbeing for Adolescents
check Identify community resources to support Adolescents and their parents
check List the key aspects of Adolescent Development
check Discuss parenting strategies for Adolescent that promote positive youth development
check Discuss healthy relationships, mental health and sexual health among Adolescents
check Discuss the important role SDOH screening and resource linkage plays in supporting health and wellness of children and families

Fees

Cancellation Policy

Free, but must register to attend

FREE

Available Credits

CEU .200

The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.2 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.

Contact Hours 1.500

MAHEC designates this online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Speakers

Betsy K. Thompson, M.Ed, LCMHC

Sessions

NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Adolescent Health

10/20 1:00 AM – 1:00 AM

Additional Resources

Cancellation Policy

MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs:

  • Cancellations must be in writing (fax, email, or mail).
  • Cancellations received more than 2 weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund.
  • Cancellations received between two weeks and two full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than two full business days prior to the event.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
  • Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program).
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