Health Navigator Training Program
What You Need to Know
We are excited to announce that the Multidisciplinary Center on Aging is now offering a health navigator training program specifically developed to engage older adults! Completing the health navigation training can lead to fulfilling volunteer and paid opportunities to serve as health navigators with affiliated healthcare systems and partners.
Those who complete the health navigator training are also eligible for additional training to serve as older adult research specialists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus supporting the inclusion of older adults from diverse backgrounds in research.
CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging has achieved full-recognition by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) as an official Colorado Health Navigator Program and can now be found on the
State’s Registry for Health Navigator Programs
Program
The CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging is offering an unique training program for older adults interested in being trained/dually-trained health navigators and older adult research peer specialists.
A health navigator (also known as a patient navigator or resource navigator) is a member of the health care team who helps individuals overcome barriers to quality care. They address barriers including access to health care, insurance or lack thereof, poor health literacy, transportation, child care and more.
Health navigators usually are trusted members of the community they serve and have an understanding of the community served, often due to shared lived experiences.
Health navigators build effective working relationships with patients, helping to support, educate and assist patients to navigate the complex healthcare system. Health navigators need to work effectively with patients, healthcare providers and community partners. They need to be able to identify their patient’s physical, emotional, and cultural needs and help them access appropriate resources to meet these needs. Health navigators have a good understanding of the health resources available in their communities in order to help connect patients to needed resources.
For additional information please contact:
Jodi Waterhouse, CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging
Jodi.waterhouse@cuanschutz.edu
303.724.0832