HLTH 1530 Community Health Worker I

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Course Description

This course introduces students to the role of community health workers and their importance in the healthcare system.  Students will demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of common diseases found in global populations and demonstrate how ethics influences client care.  Students will serve as liaisons between providers, clients, and agencies by developing and using critical thinking as a framework for solving problems and making decisions to serve community members best.  Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to collect and analyze appropriate client and community information used in making data driven decisions.