National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. H.O.P.E. HHS Partnership

H.O.P.E. Health Ministry Training Overview (2) (3 )(4)

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What do health ambassadors do? (They build) individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.[1]

NBCUSA Certified Health Ministry Ambassador© (CHMA) (8 hours) (5)

Lesson 1: Why Do We Need Congregational Health Ministry?
Lesson 2: What is Congregational Health Ministry?|
Lesson 3: How Do You Start a Congregational Health Ministry?
Lesson 4: What Is Health Promotion?     

Health Ministry Promoter (HMP) (8 additional hours)

NBCUSA Certified Health Ministry Ambassador© designation
[Lessons 1-4] plus the following Lessons:

Lesson 5: How Do You Develop Your Health Ministry Action Plan?
Lesson 6:  How Do You Identify Partners and Resources from Various Community Sectors?
Lesson 7: How Do You Make and Keep Your Health Ministry Missional?
Lesson 8: How Do You Use Prayer as an Intervention?

Congregational Health Leader (CHL) (8 additional hours)

Health Ministry Promoter [Lessons 5-8] designation plus the following Lessons:

Lesson 9: How Do You Make Your Ministry Sustainable?
Lesson 10: How Do We Prepare for Advocacy?
Lesson 11: How Do We Engage in Advocacy?
Lesson 12: How Do We Utilize Self-care and Health and Wellness Coaching?

Continuing Education (8 hours annually)

Completion of Health Ministry Promoter [Lessons 5-8] or Congregational Health Leader [Lessons 9-12] designation

Lesson 13: How Do We Support the Special Needs of Seasoned Seniors?
Lesson 14: How Do We Establish Effective Substance Abuse Health Ministries?
Lesson 15: How Do We Develop Effective Health and Wellness Programming for Children, Youth, and Young Adults?
Lesson 16: How Do We Effectively Integrate E-Learning into Our Health Ministry?
Lesson 17: How Do We Develop Skills to Respond to the Signs of Mental Illness and Substance Use? (Mental Health First Aid Training)

Notes:

(2) Completers of these training courses will receive a completion certificate and will be entered into our national database. For more information, e-mail info@hopenbc.com. 

(3) “NBCUSA Certified Health Ministry Ambassador” Copyright © 2011-20 National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Dr. Michael O. Minor, National Director, mom@hopenbc.com or at (662) 298-3584.

(4) General content used by permission of the Rising Sun Usher Federation and the Mississippi Faith-Based Health and Wellness Network. All rights reserved.

(5) This training curriculum is based on the objectives of the International Parish Nurse Resource Center Faith Community Nurse training regime, the field work of the Rising Sun Usher Federation of Northwest Mississippi and the Mississippi Faith-Based Health and Wellness Network, the Health Ministry Association Guiding Principles, the andragogical principles advanced by Malcom Knowles, and the doctoral research of Dr. Michael O. Minor.

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