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Healthy Homes for Community Health Workers Online Course

September 9, 2021 @ 2:00 pm 3:00 pm

The Healthy Homes for Community Health Workers course is intended for individuals who work as health advocates in their communities, whether they are community health workers, weatherization technicians, health educators, public health nurses, social workers, or other home visitors.

Through self-paced, online learning and by exploring their own homes, students will learn to provide advice about specific healthy homes problems and be able to recommend solutions to families, landlords and community members. Participants will gain insight into how housing and health are related and actions they can take to improve the health of their clients by identifying causes of health problems in a home.

Each principle will have a slide presentation followed by a combination of supplementary videos, quizzes, readings, and discussions. After an introductory webinar, students will continue at their own pace. Estimated time to complete the class is a minimum of 6 hours. In order to receive a Certificate of Completion, students will attend a final live webinar and complete a home assessment of their residence as a “final project”.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. After attending the introduction you will receive an email invitation to attend a final webinar on:

Thursday, September 23, 2021 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (EDT)