NC AHEC CHW Specialty Training Program: Reproductive Health

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About This Module

This module explores reproductive health and the history of reproductive rights in the U.S. Topics include reproductive wellness planning, common birth control methods, sexually transmitted infections, and the roles of CHWs and community doulas in supporting their communities. This engaging course incorporates interactive learning experiences, such as skits and roleplays, inspired by Popular Education methods.

Approximate time to complete the course: 3 hours

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
Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte AHEC
CommUnity Healing through Activism and Strategic Mobilization (CHASM) Institute
Durham Technical Community College
Duke AHEC
Greensboro 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
Southern Regional AHEC
Wake AHEC
UNC Pembroke

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

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