Working in Community Health: Foundations for a Successful Career prepares community health workers for employment with the potential of a career ladder. This book provides knowledge required for effective employment skills, understanding basic anatomy and physiology of common chronic diseases, teaching how to access and understand health knowledge, resume development, and interview proficiency.
- Written at a community college literacy level and provides an overarching foundation for several public health and clinical careers, such as nursing, health education, physician assistant, and counseling.
- Divided into four sections, the book teaches medical terminology; body systems and most common chronic diseases and their prevention; links between social and environmental issues and health promotion and prevention; and resume writing and interviewing skills.
-The chapters cover a summarized list of the most common state and national competencies for community health worker training.
- Each chapter concludes with two case studies to help students understand the application of concepts learned;
- Navigate eBook Access (included with the printed text) provides online or offline access to the digital text enhanced with interactive worksheets, practice activities, flashcards, and more.
- ISBN10 128423486X
- ISBN13 9781284234862
- Publish Date 17 March 2023
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 350
- Language English