Curriculum Overview

 

Curriculum Providers

Core Competencies

  • Professional Conduct
  • Self-Awareness
  • Service Coordination and System Navigation
  • Education to Promote Healthy Behavior Change
  • Individual and Community Capacity Building
  • Effective Communication Strategies
  • Cultural Responsiveness
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Use of Public Health/Community Health Concepts and Approaches
  • Individual Assessment
  • Community Assessment

Code of Ethics

  • The Community Health Worker Code of Ethics is based upon commonly understood principles that apply to all health and social services professionals.
  • The Code of Ethics outlined in this document provide a framework for Community Health Workers, supervisors, and employers of Community Health Workers to discuss ethical issues facing the profession.
  • Employers are encouraged to consider this Code when creating Community Health Worker programs.
  • This Code does not address all ethical issues facing Community Health Workers and the absence of a rule does not imply that there is no ethical obligation present. As professionals, Community Health Workers are encouraged to reflect on the ethical obligations that they have to the communities that they serve, and to share these reflections with others.
  • The most current version of the CHW Code of Ethics can be found here.

Purpose of this Code

  • The Community Health Worker Code of Ethics is based on and supported by the core values adopted by the American Association of Community Health Workers.
  • The Code of Ethics outlined in this document provides a framework for Community Health Workers, supervisors, and employers of Community Health Workers to discuss ethical issues facing the profession.
  • Employers are encouraged to consider this Code when creating Community Health Worker programs.
  • The responsibility of all Community Health Workers is to strive for excellence by providing quality service and the most accurate information available to individuals, families, and communities.

 

The Code of Ethics is based upon commonly understood principles that apply to all professionals within the health and social service fields (e.g. promotion of social justice, positive health, and dignity). The Code, however, does not address all ethical issues facing Community Health Workers and the absence of a rule does not imply that there is no ethical obligation present. As professionals, Community Health Workers are encouraged to reflect on the ethical obligations that they have to the communities that they serve, and to share these reflections with others.