Fundamentals for Faith Community Health Promoters Course

August 9, 2024

The purpose of this course is to equip participants with specialized knowledge to effectively promote health, healing, and wholeness in a faith community setting.

Registration Requirements:

  • Course participants should:
    • reflect personal spiritual maturity
    • be knowledgeable about the spiritual beliefs and practices of the faith community
    • be organized, flexible, a self-starter with good communication skills

Items to be submitted to SaundraBrown@texashealth.org prior to the activity date- scroll down to see attached documents:

  • Completed participant letter of intent about your personal goals and purpose for taking this course
  • Letter of support from your clergy or spiritual leader for participation in the course, example can be provided

Course registration fee is $50. Texas Health Resources employees and Health Promoters from a Faith Community with a Program Agreement will receive a special discount price of $15. 

Target Audience

Faith Community nurses, social workers, and all others who are interested in community health.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how faith and spirituality affect overall health (mind/body/spirit connection)
  • Explore definitions and concepts of health, healing, and wholeness in the context of health ministry
  • Discuss purpose and benefits of health ministry including historical and modern examples  
  • Understand the role of the faith community health promoter
  • Describe basic steps for developing a health ministry   
  • Discuss communication and collaboration strategies and conflict management
  • Apply principles of advocacy and ethics
  • Explain concepts of health promotion, disease prevention, population health, and social determinants of health
  • Explore methods for identifying needs at a faith community
  • Locate resources to meet identified needs for a faith community
  • Implement successful health activities at a faith community
  • Demonstrate use of documentation and activity reporting methods to measure health ministry outcomes
  • Apply strategies for personal self-care, growth, and development

Additional Information

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PDF icon Participant Letter of Intent Health Promoter Course.pdf165.91 KB
PDF icon Faith Leader Letter of Support Health Promoter.pdf109.29 KB
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 Attendance
  • 5.00 Nursing Contact Hour(s)
    In support of improving patient care, Texas Health Resources is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
  • 5.00 Social Work & Licensed Professional Counselors CE Clock Hour(s)
    This program complies with the continuing education statutes and rules of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.
Course opens: 
06/24/2024
Course expires: 
08/02/2024
Event starts: 
08/09/2024 - 9:00am CDT
Event ends: 
08/09/2024 - 3:30pm CDT
Cost:
$50.00
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Available Credit

  • 5.00 Attendance
  • 5.00 Nursing Contact Hour(s)
    In support of improving patient care, Texas Health Resources is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
  • 5.00 Social Work & Licensed Professional Counselors CE Clock Hour(s)
    This program complies with the continuing education statutes and rules of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.

Price

Cost:
$50.00
Please login or register to take this course.

Please use coupon code AUGUST2024 for the special price of $15 for Texas Health Resources employees and Health Promoters from a Faith Community with a Program Agreement:

Enrollment closes at midnight on August 2, 2024.