Welcome to Part 2 of the Healthy Start Community Health Worker Course!

We recommend you complete all modules and units in the order they are presented below. You may complete an entire module in one visit or break the activities up into several visits.

The Healthy Start Community Healthy Worker Course Part 2 – Table of Contents below is where you will access all modules and track your progress through the course.

As a reminder, you need to be registered as a user with the Healthy Start EPIC Center online community and logged in to access the course and track your progress. The unit titles below will appear blue when you are logged in to the site. To access the unit of your choice, click the blue unit title.

Healthy Start Community Health Worker Course Part 2
Welcome to the Healthy Start Community Health Worker Course, Part 2! We recommend you complete all modules and units in the order they are presented below. You may complete an entire module in one visit or break the activities up into several visits. The Healthy Start Community Healthy Worker Course Part 2 - Table of Contents below is where you will access all modules and track your progress through the course. As a reminder, you need to register as a user with the Healthy Start EPIC Center online community to access the course and track your progress. Log in here!
Module 1 Scope of Practice & Core Values
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Core Values of CHWs  
Unit 4 Healthy Start CHW Scope of Practice  
Unit 5 Privacy & Confidentiality  
Unit 6 Handling Challenging Situations  
Unit 7 Safety  
Unit 8 Self-Care  
Unit 9 Real World Practice  
Unit 10 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 11 Wrap Up  
Unit 12 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 2 Outreach
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Outreach to Individuals  
Unit 4 Scenario - Outreach to an Individual  
Unit 5 Outreach to Organizations  
Unit 6 Scenario - Outreach to Organizations  
Unit 7 Real World Practice  
Unit 8 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 9 Wrap Up  
Unit 10 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 3 Participant Screening & Community Assessment
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Community Assessment  
Unit 4 Participant Screening  
Unit 5 Webinar - Talking Participants Through the Healthy Start Screening Tools  
Unit 6 Communication Tips from Healthy Start CHWs  
Unit 7 Screening as Basis for Care Coordination  
Unit 8 Real World Practice  
Unit 9 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 10 Wrap Up  
Unit 11 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 4 Health Education
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Individual Behavior  
Unit 4 The Stages of Change - Apply It  
Unit 5 Motivating Participants to Make a Change  
Unit 6 Family, Community, & Societal Influences on Behavior  
Unit 7 Social Ecological Model  
Unit 8 Health Education across the Perinatal Phases  
Unit 9 Communicating Effectively for Health Education  
Unit 10 Scenario - Health Education  
Unit 11 Health Education in Group Settings  
Unit 12 Real World Practice  
Unit 13 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 14 Wrap Up  
Unit 15 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 5 Care Coordination
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Knowing the Local Service Network  
Unit 4 Assessing Participant Needs  
Unit 5 Goal Setting & Action Planning  
Unit 6 Connecting Participants to Services  
Unit 7 Scenario - Connection to Services  
Unit 8 Following Up  
Unit 9 Scenario - Following Up  
Unit 10 Care Coordination Challenges  
Unit 11 Real World Practice  
Unit 12 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 13 Wrap Up  
Unit 14 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 6 Participant Empowerment & Community Engagement
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Participant Empowerment  
Unit 4 Community Engagement  
Unit 5 Community Action Network  
Unit 6 Real World Practice  
Unit 7 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 8 Wrap Up  
Unit 9 Knowledge Check & Badge