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CHW Health Literacy Adult Education, 2025-2027 Revision

Overview

This training provides adult educators with the strategies and tools to incorporate health information into lesson plans for adult education. It includes an introduction to health literacy, research-based adult education strategies to improve communication skills and health literacy, and sample lesson plans. This information provides a guide to creating health-related lessons tailored to the needs of the targeted adult learner population.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for community health workers.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

  1. Use methods that promote learning and positive behavior change. 
  2. Identify problems and resources to encourage and help clients solve problems themselves.
  3. Understand social determinants of health and health disparities.

CHW Competencies Covered 

  • Knowledge Base - 1.0 hour
  • Teaching Skills - 0.5 hour
  • Capacity-Building Skills - 0.5 hour
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 Community Health Worker (CHW)
  • 2.00 HSC Participation
Course opens: 
09/18/2025
Course expires: 
09/17/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
Online On-Demand
Fort Worth, TX 76107
United States

Disclosures
In accordance with the appropriate accrediting bodies, all planners, teachers, and authors with control over activity content are required to disclose to the provider any relevant financial relationships (those held by the person, currently or within the last 24 months) with ineligible interests. Accredited providers are required to provide this information to learners before the start of an activity. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Division of Academic Innovation's office planning team nor the subject matter experts have anything to disclose.

Primary Authors

Portrait image of Teresa Wagner

 

Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC
Associate Professor, Health Administration & Policy, School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Personalized Health & Well-Being, School of Health Professions
Director, Texas State Certified CHW/CHWI Training Program
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth



Instructional Design
Brenda Wilson, MS, CHCP
Senior Instructional Designer
CE & Assessment Department, Division of Academic Innovation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

Course Director(s)

Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, FNAP, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, FNAP, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team. 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. 

 

 

 

Community Health Workers

This activity is State Certified for 2.0 credits for community health workers.

 

Designation Statements

Community Health Workers

This activity is State Certified for 2.0 credits for community health workers.

 

Certificate of Attendance

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 2.0 hours of continuing education credit.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 Community Health Worker (CHW)
  • 2.00 HSC Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Accessibility Statement

If you require special assistance to participate in this activity, please call (817) 735-2539 or email: [email protected]. An Equal Opportunity University.