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Approximate time to complete the course: 90 minutes
Learner content includes: Video, corresponding course handout, exercises and a brief post test.
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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.
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Use the "Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange" (5A) model to start conversations about tobacco use and support clients in making changes |
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Compare different quit-support options and help clients build a plan that fits their needs and readiness |
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Identify health risks of nicotine use, including effects on healing, bone health, and chronic conditions such as diabetes |
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Apply the "5Rs" (Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, Repetition) to explore a client's motivations and barriers to quitting |
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Provide resources and tools for helping clients create tobacco-free homes and families |
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.
MAHEC designates this online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 1.5 Contact Hours.
3/30 12:00 PM – 12:00 PM
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: