Training

Development and Piloting of a Community-Partnered Heart Failure Training Course for Home Health Care Workers

Despite their unique contributions to heart failure (HF) care, home healthcare workers (HHWs) have unmet educational needs and many lack HF caregiving self-efficacy. To address this, we used a community-partnered approach to develop and pilot a HF training course for HHWs. We used a mixed methods design with pre/post surveys and semi-structured interviews to evaluate the course on feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness. Post-training data showed significant improvements in HF knowledge and HF caregiving self-efficacy.