Cancer Education and Support: Digital Training for Community Health Workers

A free digital course, co-created with CARE, equips community health workers with videos, practical skills, and job aids to provide vital cancer education, prevention, and patient support.

Cancer is a leading cause of illness and death worldwide, with the burden rising fastest in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which account for a large share of new cases. 

As community health workers (CHWs) are often their community’s first point of contact for primary health care, they can play a key role in cancer prevention and support. However, many CHWs lack sufficient cancer-specific training.

To address this critical gap, we partnered with CARE to co-create a free digital course on cancer care and prevention. 

Developed with input from CARE experts, oncology specialists from the Stanford Center for Health Education, the Philippine Department of Health, and barangay/community health workers (BHWs/CHWs), the course equips CHWs with mobile-friendly videos, field-ready job aids, and realistic scenarios to strengthen cancer education, prevention, and patient support.

Access Resources

This project includes six self-paced modules with videos and on-the-job aids, free for use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Module 1: Your Role as a Community Health Worker

Module 2: Educate Patients About Cancer

Module 3: Promote Cancer Prevention

Module 4: Promote Cancer Screening and Monitoring

Module 5: Encourage Early Detection and Diagnosis

Module 6: Support Patients and Their Families

Summary Job Aids

Download the Digital Medic mobile app

View and download all content in the free Digital Medic mobile app for iOS and Android. We recommend this option for learners in settings with limited data and internet connectivity.

Need help installing and using the app? View our Digital Medic Mobile App User Guide.