The Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center, which works to increase the number of health care providers serving Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore, will offer community health worker training from March 4 to April 30. Community health workers identify and facilitate access to health care resources, navigate the health care system and provide health education to the community.
Accredited by the Maryland Department of Health, the community health worker training consists of 100 hours of online education and 40 hours of on-site practicum experience. The program will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with self-paced sessions on Fridays.
The training curriculum will cover advocacy and community capacity building, communication and cultural competency, ethics and confidentiality issues, local resources and system navigation, care coordination, skills to promote health, outreach methods and strategies as well as public health concepts and health literacy.
Registration costs $1,280 per participant. To learn more and register by the Feb. 26 deadline, visit ESAHEC.org/chw. For questions, please contact Shakira Abdulai at sabdulai@esahec.org.
The Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center (ESAHEC) works to increase the number of health care providers serving rural and underserved areas and eliminate health disparities among diverse populations on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Established in 1997, the nonprofit center recruits and retains health care providers by offering health education programs for professionals and students from colleges and universities in Maryland and surrounding areas. (www.esahec.org)
