{"id":149418,"date":"2021-10-08T11:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=149418"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:32:42","slug":"chw-program-cdc-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/08\/chw-program-cdc-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"$313<abbr>K<\/abbr> grant to help train more community health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_124149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124149\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kapiolani-chw-program-3.jpg\" alt=\"male speaking to female client\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kapiolani-chw-program-3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kapiolani-chw-program-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kapiolani-chw-program-3-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Community Health Worker gathers information from a client (Photo courtesy: Hilary Hacker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/community-health-worker\/\">Community Health Worker (<abbr>CHW<\/abbr>) program<\/a> at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College, which trained nearly 130 students statewide this past year to help in the response to the ongoing pandemic, has received $313,000 through a federal grant to train additional students in the coming year. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/25\/chw-program-reaches-record-grads\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> graduates record number of community health workers<\/a>, May 25, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Health (<abbr>DOH<\/abbr>) awarded the new funding to <abbr>UH<\/abbr>, made possible through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which can be renewed for two years. <abbr>DOH<\/abbr> partnered with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> in May 2020 to train <abbr>CHW<\/abbr>s as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/uh-doh-contact-tracing\/\"><abbr>DOH-UH<\/abbr> Contact Tracing Training Program<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/uhealthy.hawaii.edu\/\">UHealthy <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> initiative<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This collaborative effort with <abbr>DOH<\/abbr> enhanced health outreach in high-risk communities affected by COVID-19. The updated <abbr>CHW<\/abbr> curricula by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> in 2020 prepared our graduates with the skills needed to support <abbr>DOH<\/abbr> with COVID-19 response efforts. Now there is increasing demand to hire <abbr>CHW<\/abbr>s in the community to improve the quality of the health and lives of these disadvantaged populations,&rdquo; said <strong>Aimee Grace<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System lead of the <abbr>DOH-UH<\/abbr> program and director of UHealthy <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the important role community health workers play in educating <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents. Growing <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8216;s pipeline of community health workers will create resilience far beyond this pandemic. This new grant is another important step towards integrating community health workers into the workforce, and we are proud to continue our partnership with the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> in this critical endeavor,&rdquo; said <strong>Danette Wong Tomiyasu<\/strong>, deputy director of health resources at <abbr>DOH<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/02\/uh-chws-key-to-covid-response\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr>-educated community health workers key to COVID-19 response<\/a>, March 2, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More training opportunities<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-public-health-chw-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Community health worker and a patient\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-129758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-public-health-chw-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-public-health-chw-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-public-health-chw.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>CHW<\/abbr> program at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> is a 16-credit curriculum that offers part-time cohorts. New classes start in the fall and spring semesters, with a possible summer start to be determined. <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a> also runs the program every other year. This new funding will train an additional 30 students per year with a focus on recruiting bilingual and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Filipino students whose communities were most impacted by COVID-19. The training program will also work with employers to place new students in practicum opportunities to facilitate a broad range of skills in graduating classes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The new award gives us the opportunity as a state to continue to train new <abbr>CHW<\/abbr>s and to provide training opportunities for our practicing <abbr>CHW<\/abbr>s as our health needs shift during the pandemic and change over time. We want to see every community in Hawai\u02bbi have access to <abbr>CHW<\/abbr>s to provide services so we all can benefit from the important work they do,&rdquo; said <strong>Joey Dewater<\/strong>, <abbr>CHW<\/abbr> program manager at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Program officials will communicate with employers and <abbr>CHW<\/abbr>s statewide on the program\u2019s updated curriculum and provide any additional training workshops. The program will also support employers with helping them to create jobs for its graduates and hosting information sessions.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the program, contact Joey Dewater at <a href=\"mailto:jdewater@hawaii.edu\">jdewater@hawaii.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new funding from the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Health will focus on recruiting and training bilingual and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Filipino populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1411,1416,165,63,71,60,947],"class_list":["post-149418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-health","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149418"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149571,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149418\/revisions\/149571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}