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KS CHW Education Pilot Project
KS CHW Education Pilot Project
CHW Curriculum
• Pilot test 80 hour training
• Evaluate process• Develop strong
partnerships with other instructors in KS
CHW Service Learning• Pilot test service
learning handbook and standardized process
Trainers
• Pilot the new train the trainer curriculum
• Train current CHWs as trainers
Plan for Pilot
Plan for Pilot: CHW Curriculum
Plan for Pilot: CHW Curriculum
Plan for Pilot: Service Learning
Plan for Pilot: Trainers
Plan for Pilot: Trainers• Each module includes activities, PowerPoint, and Handbook to accompany
Module 1: Introduction, Lesson Plans and Teaching Skills (5 hours)Module 2: Adult Learning Theory (6 hours)Module 3: Roles and Boundaries (3 hours)Module 4: Communication, Facilitation and Mediation (4 hours)Module 5: Cultural Competency and Humility (6 hours)Module 6: Final Projects (6 hours)
Plan for Pilot: Logistics• Community Health Worker Trainers• Options for all who wish to attend• Statewide reach (including rural areas)• Opportunities for multiple CHW training programs
Kansas CHW Education Pilot Project
Alissa RankinCenter for Public Health InitiativesCommunity Engagement InstituteWichita State [email protected](316) 570-1516
Partnership with K-State Research and Extension
What do you think of when you hear “Cooperative Extension”?
For more than 100 yrs. . .
the Cooperative Extension System (CES) system has put knowledge
into practice; translating research into action to improve the lives of individuals, families, communities
around the world.
Cooperative Extension - roots
Partnership between federal, state, local governments, tribes and nations.
• Morrill Acts, 1862,1890, 1994• Hatch Act, 1887• Smith-Lever Act,1914• Kansas Farm Bureau Law,1915• Kansas Cooperative Extension Law,
1951
Kansas State University First Land-grant University in the
United States; 1863
K-State Research and Extension Local and District Offices
Kansas Extension Priority Areas
Walk Kansas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers
Rural and Farming-related Stress
Healthy Nutrition; Access to Food
Health Across the Life Span
Healthy Youth Healthy Aging
Improving health across the life span by addressing the social determinants of health.
Determinants of Health
Good ideas become Reality (Diffusion Theory)
Health Affairs: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1104?journalCode=hlthaff
Extension Nudge
Contact us, anytime. . .
Elaine Johannes, Assoc. Professor & Extension SpecialistK-State Research and ExtensionCollege of Health and Human SciencesKansas State University
Thank you!
Kansas CHW Education Pilot Project
Alissa RankinCenter for Public Health InitiativesCommunity Engagement InstituteWichita State [email protected](316) 570-1516
