QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Community Health Workers (CHWs) facilitate support groups and
workshops that support communities to organize and _______ for social
change to advance the community's health and welfare. Answer:
advocate
⩥ As a CHW, what does it mean to actively advocate in your role?
Answer: actively speak up and support a client community, or policy
change
⩥ _______ means that the health care organization receives a set amount
of funding to serve each patient, instead of reimbursement for each
appointment, test or treatment provided. Answer: Capitation
⩥ By completing each module in the community health worker
curriculum you are participating in _______, which ensures that you
receive certification from Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to
impact your community as a CHW. Answer: credentialing
⩥ CHWs reduce persistent ______ or differences in the rates of illness,
disability, and death (or mortality) among different communities, in
particular those differences that are preventable, unfair, and unjust.
Answer: health inequalities
, ⩥ A _________________ is a naturally occurring community network
through which family, friends, neighbors, and others, connected by
shared experience (in the same geographic setting or share experience),
watch out for one another reach out with assistance on a regular basis in
times of crisis. Answer: Natural Helping System
⩥ CHWs are ________________ to advocate for their role in the
community and take the time to advocate for their practice and policies
that will ensure it's impact. Answer: Self-Determination
⩥ True or False: A community health worker orders prescriptions and
medical supplies for patients. Answer: False
⩥ Stress can affect the following organs: _____, ______, and ____.
Answer: brain; heart; gut
⩥ True or False: A community health worker is a clinical hospital
worker. Answer: False
⩥ A community health worker has three qualities including ______,
______, and ____. Answer: trustworthiness, sensitivity, and competence
⩥ True or False: Yelling is a self-care activity. Answer: False