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NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Nicotine Cessation-Client Engagement for the CHW

Course # 73373
NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Nicotine Cessation-Client Engagement for the CHW

Location

Online Course
MAHEC
Asheville, NC 28803

Dates & Times

Mar 30, 2024 12:00 PM – Mar 30, 2028 12:00 PM

Contact

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About This Module

This module builds knowledge and skills for using a client-centered approach to support tobacco and nicotine cessation. This module will teach you about the health risks of nicotine use, the 5A brief intervention model, the 5R motivational interviewing model, treatment options, and practical resources from NCDHHS and the AHEC library to help clients quit.

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. As a vital workforce advancing health outcomes across the state, CHWs must have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and strengthen their skills to support the health and wellness of all North Carolinians.

With funding from the NC Department of Health Benefits (Medicaid), NC AHEC has collaborated with CHWs, CHW supervisors, and other key stakeholders to develop CHW Specialty Training standards, identify core training topics, and create a series of online modules designed to prepare CHWs to work alongside primary care practices within the Medicaid Managed Care network.

Each module offers continuing education credit recognized by the NC CHW Association for certification maintenance. Some modules address standalone topics, while others may be taken together to build deeper understanding in key areas. All modules are co-developed with CHWs to ensure the learning content and format reflect CHW culture and real-world experience.


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

check Articulate at least three health risks associated with nicotine use, including its effects on wound healing, bone health, and chronic diseases like diabetes
check Utilize the 5 Rs (Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, Repetition) framework to assess and address individual motivations and barriers related to tobacco cessation, enhancing their ability to guide clients towards behavior change
check Effectively navigate and utilize tobacco cessation resources such as QUITlineNC, specialized support for pregnant women, culturally sensitive interventions, and resources for promoting tobacco-free environments within families
check Demonstrate proficiency in employing the "Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange" framework to engage clients in discussions about tobacco cessation and elicit change talk using motivational interviewing techniques
check Evaluate different tobacco cessation approaches, including behavior change techniques and nicotine replacement therapies, and develop personalized cessation plans tailored to individual client needs and readiness to change

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

Andrew L. Brewer, MS, NBCHWC
Keshia R. Jones, CCHW

Sessions

NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Nicotine Cessation-Client Engagement for the CHW

3/30 12:00 PM – 12:00 PM

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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