Community Wellness Advocate (CWA) Certificate
A Community Wellness Advocate (CWA) is a lay health educator who completes a year-long basic health promotion training program, with the option of receiving a certificate upon completion of the 30-credit CWA university program.
Teaches students to successfully implement health promotion and health education activities in their community. It is ideal for village health and human service workers, such as Community Health Aides, Community Health Representatives, and others who want to help make a difference in the health of their community. CWA is an innovative distance-delivered program offered state-wide in cooperation with the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium. Students in the program have the opportunity to earn a UAS CWA Certificate.
Additional information the CWA certificate program can be found at: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/programs/CWA.html