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The Community Health Worker: Legal and Ethical Responsibilities (CMHW 1035)
Total Credits:
1
Lecture Credits:
1
Description:
This course focuses on the legal and ethical dimensions of the community health worker's role. You will study the boundaries of the community health worker position, agency policies, confidentiality, liability, mandatory reporting, and cultural issues that can influence legal and ethical responsibilities.
Topical Outline:
1. Agency Policies
2. Community Health Worker Boundaries
3. Confidentiality
4. Liability Issues including HIPAA and Disclosure with cultural implications
5. Mandatory Reporting
6. Ethical Behavior of the Community Health Worker
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify key agency policies and how they affect the Community Health Worker Role
2. Identify appropriate boundaries for the Community Health Worker role
3. Identify importance and strategies for protecting Client confidentiality
4. Explain HIPAA regulations and their connections to Liability and Disclosure including a discussion of the cultural implications
5. Recognize the implications of mandatory reporting and the process to be followed in mandatory situations
6. Describe how ethics influence the care of clients
Prerequisites:
Placement into
READ 0200 or
ESOL 0052 or completion of
READ 0100 or
ESOL 0042
Co-requisites:
CMHW 1001