Dialogues about Supportive Care with Community Health Workers

Community health workers (CHWs) are joined by chaplains, psychologists, and physicians to discuss psychological, spiritual, and socio-behavioral components of patient care and how supportive care serves patients with life limiting illnesses.

Each conversation is a partnership between a CHW and a health care professional. Some topics are presented in English and other conversations are in Spanish. These conversations are intended for educational purposes as resource for CHW educators and individuals. Dialogues range from 25 to 50 minutes.

English-language dialogues:

  • Conversations with Minority Communities about Palliative and End of Life Care: A Community Health Worker and Chaplain’s Role and Value (52 minutes)
  • Supporting Patients with Patient-Centered Communication Skills (23 minutes)
  • Attending to Clients and Their World: A Closer Look at the CHW Relationship (45 minutes)

Los diálogos en español:

  • Promoviendo la salud y el bienestar mental en nuestras comunidades de color: Estrategias para promotores de salud – Promoting mental health and wellbeing in communities of color: Strategies for community health workers (39 minutos)
  • ¿Qué es la Medicina Paliativa? Principios básicos – What is palliative medicine: Basic principles (60 minutos)

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These dialogues are available free of charge by the Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program. Learn more