COURSE DESCRIPTION
Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for village volunteers. The course draws on real-life examples from community-directed onchocerciasis control, village health worker programs, community case management efforts, peer educators programs and patent medicine vendor training programs, to name a few.
Length: 6 Weeks
Effort: 2-3 hours per week
Price: FREE (Add a verified certificate for £28/month)
Provider: Johns Hopkins University via Coursera
Subject: Healthcare
Level: Introductory
Languages: English
Instructors: William Brieger
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Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for village volunteers. The course draws on real-life examples from community-directed onchocerciasis control, village health worker programs, community case management efforts, peer educators programs and patent medicine vendor training programs, to name a few.
Length: 6 Weeks
Effort: 2-3 hours per week
Price: FREE (Add a verified certificate for £28/month)
Provider: Johns Hopkins University via Coursera
Subject: Healthcare
Level: Introductory
Languages: English
Instructors: William Brieger
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