Welcome to Part 1 of the Healthy Start Community Health Worker Course!

We recommend you complete all modules and units in the order they are presented below. You may complete an entire module in one visit or break the activities up into several visits.

The Healthy Start Community Healthy Worker Course Table of Contents below is where you will access all modules and track your progress through the course.

As a reminder, you need to be registered as a user with the Healthy Start EPIC Center online community and logged in to access the course and track your progress. The unit titles below will appear blue when you are logged in to the site. To access the unit of your choice, click the blue unit title.

Healthy Start Community Health Worker Course Part 1
Welcome to the Healthy Start Community Health Worker Course! We recommend you complete all modules and units in the order they are presented below. You may complete an entire module in one visit or break the activities up into several visits. The Healthy Start Community Healthy Worker Course Table of Contents below is where you will access all modules and track your progress through the course. As a reminder, you need to register as a user with the Healthy Start EPIC Center online community to access the course and track your progress. Log in here!
Module 1 Healthy Start 101
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Healthy Start Basics - Why?  
Unit 4 Healthy Start Basics - What, Who, & Where?  
Unit 5 Healthy Start Basics - How?  
Unit 6 Healthy Start Framework & Guiding Principles  
Unit 7 Healthy Start Impact on Participants  
Unit 8 Role of Community Health Workers in Healthy Start  
Unit 9 Healthy Start Outcomes, Benchmarks, & Data Collection  
Unit 10 Real World Practice  
Unit 11 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 12 Wrap Up  
Unit 13 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 2 Preconception & Interconception Health
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 3 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Webinar - Preconception Care  
Unit 4 Contraception  
Unit 5 Scenario - Shonda (Preconception)  
Unit 6 Scenario - Aisha (Interconception)  
Unit 7 Webinar - Reproductive Life Planning  
Unit 8 Reflection - Preconception Health  
Unit 9 Real World Practice  
Unit 10 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 11 Wrap Up  
Unit 12 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 3 Prenatal Health
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 4 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction - Prenatal Health  
Unit 3 Introduction - Prenatal Care  
Unit 4 Webinar - Prenatal Care  
Unit 5 Scenario - Alicia (Substance Use)  
Unit 6 Scenario - Shawna (Missed Appointments)  
Unit 7 Videos - Pregnancy Month by Month  
Unit 8 Labor & Delivery  
Unit 9 Webinar - Breastfeeding (Educating Families)  
Unit 10 Webinar - Breastfeeding (Preparing for the Hospital)  
Unit 11 Care of Newborn Baby  
Unit 12 Real World Practice  
Unit 13 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 14 Wrap Up  
Unit 15 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 4 Postpartum Health
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 3 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction - Postpartum Health  
Unit 3 Introduction - Postpartum Care  
Unit 4 Webinar - Postpartum Care  
Unit 5 Scenario - Tabitha (Reproductive Life Plan)  
Unit 6 Scenario - Gloria (Gestational Diabetes)  
Unit 7 Video - Postpartum Depression  
Unit 8 Webinar - Breastfeeding  
Unit 9 Reproductive Life Planning  
Unit 10 Care for Baby  
Unit 11 Real World Practice  
Unit 12 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 13 Wrap Up  
Unit 14 Knowledge Check & Badge  
Module 5 Parenting & Child Development
We recommend you complete all units in the order they are presented. This will take about 2 hours. You may complete all activities in one visit or break it up into several visits.
Unit 1 Orientation  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Webinar - Parenting & Child Development 0-2  
Unit 4 Child Development & Milestones  
Unit 5 Father/Partner Involvement  
Unit 6 Safe Sleep  
Unit 7 Scenario – Toya (Safe Sleep)  
Unit 8 Baby & Toddler Safety  
Unit 9 Scenario – Kristy (Soothing a Crying Baby)  
Unit 10 Reading  
Unit 11 Positive Discipline  
Unit 12 Snapshots - Positive Discipline  
Unit 13 Real World Practice  
Unit 14 Go a Little Deeper  
Unit 15 Wrap Up  
Unit 16 Knowledge Check & Badge