PSY 207 Community Health Worker Training

Community health workers (CHWs) assist individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023). In this course students will learn to conduct outreach for medical personnel or health organizations to implement programs in the community that promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health. Students will also learn how to provide information on available resources, provide social support and informal counseling, advocate for individuals and community health needs.

With these necessary skills students will be able complete a required 50-hr. internship simultaneously with this course. The internship is separate from this course and is completed under the supervision of YWCA of New Britain, CT staff. Following the completion of this course and the 50-hr internships, students will be prepared to complete an additional required 1,000 hours of experience working as a CHW necessary to apply for their CHW certification with the CT’s Department of Public Health.