Foundations For Community Health
Workers - KBCC, NY – Midterm Questions
And Answers With Verified Solutions
Graded A+ Latest Update 2025.
Role of a CHW - ANSWER CHWs provide outreach, health education, help in
accessing health and social services programs, organize and advocate for better health and social
service programs, help reduce health inequalities in their community. They work in diverse
communities who are most at risk of illness, disability and death. The most common specific
illnesses CHWs were working to address are HIV/AIDS, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer,
cardiovascular disease and heart disease (in order of most to least).
Core CHW roles - ANSWER 1. Cultural edition between communities and the health
and social services systems.
2. Informal counseling and social support
3. Providing direct services and referrals
4. Providing culturally appropriate health education
5. Advocating for individual and community needs
6. Assuring people getthe services they need.
7. Building individual and community capacity.
Core competencies for CHWs - ANSWER 1. Communication skills
2. Interpersonal skills
3. Knowledge of their community, health issues and available services
4. Service coordination skills
5. Capacity-building skills
6. Advocacy skills
7. Teaching skills
8. Organizational skills
, Personal qualities of CHWs - ANSWER 1. Interpersonal warmth (listen/care)
2. Trustworthiness (honest/confidential)
3. Open-mindedness (tolerant of differences/nonjudgemental)
4. Objectivity (being objective/unbias)
5. Sensitivity (empathy/respect)
6. Competence (knowledge/skills)
7. Committment to social justice (fight injustice and advocate for social changes that promote
health and well being)
8. Good psychological health (mental/emotional capacity to do your job well)
9. Self-awareness and understanding (reflect on your own experiences, biases and prejudices and
ensure they do not affect your interactions).
Social justice - ANSWER equal access to essential health resources (housing, food,
education, employment, health care and civil rights).
Advocate - ANSWER someone who speaks up for a cause or policy or on someone's
behalf.
Social determinants of health - ANSWER primary causes of illness and health are
determined by whether or not people have equal access to basic resources and rights (food,
housing education, decent employment, transportation, clean air and water and civil rights).
CHWs began in the late 1950s to early 1960s with the migrant farmers. The largest and oldest
CHW program in the US was in the late 1960s in Native American communities. Later (1980s),
CHW focused on the HIV epidemic. - ANSWER
Capacity building - strengthening the knowledge, skills, and confidence of individuals - like
CHWs or communities. - ANSWER
Organizations that work with CHWs are APHA (American Public Health Association, The Nat'l
Assoc. of Community Health reps.(Native Amer.), Nat'l Assoc. of Hispanic CHWs, Center for
Sustainable Health Outreach, Amer. Assoc. of CHWs - ANSWER
Health - complex state of physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of disease.
- ANSWER
The field of public health is concerned with the health of large groups of people or populations.
Public health is an interdisciplinary field (builds on and applies a wide range of science, social
science and professional disciplines). - ANSWER
Workers - KBCC, NY – Midterm Questions
And Answers With Verified Solutions
Graded A+ Latest Update 2025.
Role of a CHW - ANSWER CHWs provide outreach, health education, help in
accessing health and social services programs, organize and advocate for better health and social
service programs, help reduce health inequalities in their community. They work in diverse
communities who are most at risk of illness, disability and death. The most common specific
illnesses CHWs were working to address are HIV/AIDS, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer,
cardiovascular disease and heart disease (in order of most to least).
Core CHW roles - ANSWER 1. Cultural edition between communities and the health
and social services systems.
2. Informal counseling and social support
3. Providing direct services and referrals
4. Providing culturally appropriate health education
5. Advocating for individual and community needs
6. Assuring people getthe services they need.
7. Building individual and community capacity.
Core competencies for CHWs - ANSWER 1. Communication skills
2. Interpersonal skills
3. Knowledge of their community, health issues and available services
4. Service coordination skills
5. Capacity-building skills
6. Advocacy skills
7. Teaching skills
8. Organizational skills
, Personal qualities of CHWs - ANSWER 1. Interpersonal warmth (listen/care)
2. Trustworthiness (honest/confidential)
3. Open-mindedness (tolerant of differences/nonjudgemental)
4. Objectivity (being objective/unbias)
5. Sensitivity (empathy/respect)
6. Competence (knowledge/skills)
7. Committment to social justice (fight injustice and advocate for social changes that promote
health and well being)
8. Good psychological health (mental/emotional capacity to do your job well)
9. Self-awareness and understanding (reflect on your own experiences, biases and prejudices and
ensure they do not affect your interactions).
Social justice - ANSWER equal access to essential health resources (housing, food,
education, employment, health care and civil rights).
Advocate - ANSWER someone who speaks up for a cause or policy or on someone's
behalf.
Social determinants of health - ANSWER primary causes of illness and health are
determined by whether or not people have equal access to basic resources and rights (food,
housing education, decent employment, transportation, clean air and water and civil rights).
CHWs began in the late 1950s to early 1960s with the migrant farmers. The largest and oldest
CHW program in the US was in the late 1960s in Native American communities. Later (1980s),
CHW focused on the HIV epidemic. - ANSWER
Capacity building - strengthening the knowledge, skills, and confidence of individuals - like
CHWs or communities. - ANSWER
Organizations that work with CHWs are APHA (American Public Health Association, The Nat'l
Assoc. of Community Health reps.(Native Amer.), Nat'l Assoc. of Hispanic CHWs, Center for
Sustainable Health Outreach, Amer. Assoc. of CHWs - ANSWER
Health - complex state of physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of disease.
- ANSWER
The field of public health is concerned with the health of large groups of people or populations.
Public health is an interdisciplinary field (builds on and applies a wide range of science, social
science and professional disciplines). - ANSWER
