What: Community Health Workers Graduation
When: 4 – 6 p.m. Friday, April 24
Where: UTEP Health Sciences and Nursing Building, room 217
Forty-three promotoras de salud, or community health workers, will graduate from the Community Health Workers Training Program at The University of Texas at El Paso on Friday, April 24.
The 180-hour training program prepares migrant women and men to become state-certified community health workers who will conduct outreach in underserved communities.
The training was led by Familias Triunfadoras, a community-based organization with a mission to empower women in colonias and underserved communities. The Department of Social Work collaborates with Familias Triunfadoras and assists with training the graduates in the areas of intimate partner violence, sexual health, reproductive health and health disparities.
Before they can be certified by the State of Texas as community health workers, students must complete 1,000 hours of volunteer community service.
For more information, contact Eva Moya, Ph.D., assistant social work professor, at 915-747-5095.