Upcoming Classes

Course Description

This two-day course will examine the effects of social determinants of health such as economic status, stigma, homophobia, racism and other social and political issues on risk, prevalence, and access to services.  A model and continuum of approaches will be introduced to assist prevention and care providers with implementation strategies to address these concerns.  Participants will become familiar with strategies for improving health equity so that individuals are more empowered to make healthy choices regardless of their living condition, income, sexual orientation or ethnic background.

Training Objectives

By the end of this training participants will be able to do the following:

1.         Define terms related to social determinants of health

2.         Explain how the values of social and personal responsibility may influence people’s understanding of health outcomes

3.         Explain the relationship between social determinants and population health outcomes

4.         Describe health disparities as demonstrated by current epidemiological data

5.         Describe how social determinants affect an individual’s health seeking behaviors

6.         Describe how social determinants can explain disparities in disease prevalence

7.         Select ways to integrate a social-determinants-of-health perspective into current health promotion and                   prevention work

The primary goal of this two-day training is to enhance participants’ facilitation skills relevant to Patient Navigators delivering group-level interventions. This course will focus on the development of new skills as well as the enhancement of existing skills.  This course is appropriate for an audience of varying experience. Participants will have the opportunity to assess their own facilitation skills and understand their strengths and how to fortify their skills.