MCD Public Health Training and Technical Assistance is offering Community Health Worker COVID-19 eTraining. Designed for and by Community Health Workerss, the training is currently offered in English with Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Arabic versions coming soon.
This comprehensive interactive CHW COVID-19 eTraining module covers crucial topics for CHWs including:
- Various roles CHWs can take in combating the spread of the coronavirus
- How to talk with community members about COVID-19
- Disease spread and how to prepare and protect themselves, their family and their homes
- Common symptoms, testing options and how to safely connect clients to health care services
- Steps to take when sick and caring for someone who is sick
- Myths, facts and reducing COVID-19 stigma
- Managing stress, anxiety and how to practice self-care