Delgado to Launch Health Coach Certificate Initiative on May 1

April 29, 2019

What: Delgado Community College is holding a ceremony to launch the Health Coach Certificate, a new healthcare education initiative in Workforce Education and Professional Development at Delgado. The certificate is part of a comprehensive plan to serve as a bridge for a proposed, but not yet approved, associate degree in Health Navigation.

When: Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Where: 1542 Tulane Ave., New Orleans.

Who: Officials from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS), LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and Delgado Community College.

Why: The plan sets in motion a model pathway for intensifying healthcare workforce and professional development in the greater New Orleans area to improve the social and economic conditions of graduates as well as health outcomes for residents. Health coaches are behavior change specialists trained in techniques to partner with patients for identifying health goals that put them on a path to management of chronic conditions.