CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND HEALTH LITERACY MASTER TRAINING PROGRAM

Would you like to enhance your knowledge and ability to serve diverse communities?

CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND HEALTH LITERACY MASTER TRAINING PROGRAM

The Communities we serve are growing in cultural and linguistic diversity. There is a need to inspire cultural change within organizations. The Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Master Training (TTT) Program will be an interactive program in which participants will have hands on learning experience to build better communities.

Attendees will learn to:

• The role social determinants of health have on population health outcomes
• The relationship between place and health on Long Island
• Unconscious bias
• How the National CLAS standards can help reduce health disparities
• How to apply cultural humility in community-serving organizations
• The components of health literacy
•  The “Teach Back” method
• Utilization of health literacy strategies
• Lead Master training, organizational and staff trainings

 The class will run approximately 7.5 hours (lunch will be provided).

The training curriculum was developed by Martine Hackett, PhD, MPH, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.

Post-training, Master Trainers will receive a certificate of completion and the ability to host training sessions throughout the region. Master Trainers will be able to facilitate two different trainings: (1) 2 hour CCHL training sessions for workforce professionals and (2) 7.5 hour master training sessions for future master trainers.

Participants must apply online by end of business Tuesday, November 26, 2019. This is a required application process, please note completing this application does not confirm attendance to this program. Upon completing this application, you will receive follow up from a CCHL lead with next steps.

Due to the interactive nature of this program, seating is limited to 30 participants.  A maximum of 2 participants per organization will be selected to attend.  Preference will be given to those applicants with previous facilitation experience and those who work regularly with under-served populations within their professional roles.

Who Should Attend?

Healthcare professionals, Non-Health professionals: practice managers, PPS Leaders, Community Based Leaders, and CCHL Leads.

For more information on the CCHL program, please refer to the CCHL landing page.

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