Description: The Community Health Worker Core Consensus (C3) Project was a collaborative effort by multiple state and local community health worker stakeholders to define a set of common roles and core competencies for the profession. The ten foundational competencies proposed by the C3 Project are used to set the expectations for all community health workers in Arizona. This course combines an interactive group activity, lecture, and self-reflection exercise to familiarize students with community health worker core competencies. In addition, students will learn about the CHW roles and qualities proposed by the C3 Project. The class will participate in a self-reflection assignment that requires student to identify which core competencies they feel comfortable with and which they want to strengthen. By the end of the course, students will understand how to use the community health worker core competencies to direct their professional development.

Course Topics:
1) Introduction: What is a Community Health Worker?
2) Group activity to brainstorm the roles, core competencies, and qualities of a community health worker
3) A history of community health worker roles and core competencies: NCHAS and C3 Project
4) C3 Project CHW roles, skills, and qualities: Why is it important to understand your profession’s standards?
5) Self-reflection assignment

Learning Objectives:
1) The CHW student will learn how to pursue continued education and lifelong learning opportunities
2) The CHW student will understand how to set goals and develop and follow a work plan

Core Competencies:
9. Professional Conduct
9a. Set goals and develop and follow a work plan
9e. Pursue continued education and lifelong learning opportunities



If you have any questions about the course, please contact Silvia Juarez-Berrios at silvia.juarezberrios@maricopa.gov