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Estimated course duration: up to 4 hours

Course description: Launched in June 2015, Promoting Healthy Choices and Community Changes: An E-learning Program for Promotores De Salud is designed for any promotor de salud (community health worker), regardless of years of experience or the type of outreach in which they are engaged (e.g., nutrition, cancer or diabetes) and employs case studies, pre- and post-tests, self-assessment exercises, and more. Learners will receive a Certificate of Completion upon completing each unit.

Course Objectives: In general, the e-learning program provides promotores de salud with the basic knowledge and skills to: 

  • Tell the difference between a healthy choice and an unhealthy choice
  • Recognize things that can make it hard to make healthy choices
  • Learn the best ways to talk with someone about healthy choices
  • Recommend resources that can help people make healthy choices
  • Teach people in their community to take action toward health
  • Make change in their community
  • Empower others to make changes in their community

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  • Online (self-paced)

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The Western Region Public Health Training Center is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is a Designated Multiple Event Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. The Western Region Public Health Training Center is an organizational member of the True Health Initiative

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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UB6HP31687 and the Regional Public Health Training Center Program for $1,013,453. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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