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CHW News
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- Community Health Workers: Improving Home Visiting Engagement of High-Risk Birthing People in Segregated Neighborhoods
- PURDUE PUBLIC HEALTH HEAD ESTABLISHES NEW CENTER FOR RURAL AND MIGRANT HEALTH
- Group Receives ARC Grant To Strengthen Community Health
- Lawmakers Discuss the Future of Community Health Workers in California
- The Role of Community Health Workers in the Integration of AI in Healthcare
Global
- Community Health Workers Bridge the Gap
- New Grant Enables Johns Hopkins Researchers to Implement Community Health Worker-Led Health Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases in Nepal
- Health workers march in Gqeberha to demand permanent jobs
- Rama praises city’s BHWs and BEOs
- ASHA workers to combat air pollution in Ludhiana district
CHW Voices
A Year as a CHW Ambassador: Reflecting on the Journey Towards Empowering Community Health Workers
It is surreal to think that it has already been one year since Mark and I became the first CHW Central Ambassadors. It feels like we were just getting started! After accepting our roles, Mark and I talked for an hour and a half on WhatsApp about our experiences living on opposite sides of the world. We quickly built a bond over what we had in common as CHV/CHWs. We’d…
Addressing the Overlooked Crisis: Advancing Eye Health Awareness and Services
Eye health is a crucial yet often underestimated aspect of overall well-being. Despite its global prevalence, vision impairment and eye care remain largely absent from international health discourse and national health strategies. This article sheds light on the current state of eye health awareness and services, focusing on the situation in Kenya. It emphasizes the role of community health volunteers (CHVs) and proposes strategies to integrate eye care into the…
Community Health Education Workers
“Ms. Kelso, we have Cameron here in the nurse’s office saying that his stomach and throat hurt for the third time this week. Would you like to talk to him?” I knew something was wrong when the school nurse called me nearly every day to tell me that my son, a 2nd grader, was in her office after lunch again. For several weeks, it was the same pattern. Sobbing into…
Assessing the Progress of Community Health in Kenya since Devolution: A Critical Review of Achievements and Challenges
Kenya is a country that has faced numerous challenges in the health sector over the years. After devolution- decentralization of political and administrative power to counties – was adopted in 2013, Kenyans expected the county governments to play a more significant role in improving community health. However, despite the efforts made over the last decade, there are still gaps that need to be addressed to ensure that the community health…
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A community health worker led approach to cardiovascular disease prevention in the UK -SPICES-Sussex (Scaling-up Packages of Interventions for Cardiovascular disease prevention in selected sites in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa): An implementation research project
The SPICES-Sussex project in the UK aimed to develop and implement a community-based intervention for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction. Using Voluntary…
Community Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Awareness of American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations of Safe Sleep Environments
This study assessed community health workers’ (CHWs) awareness of safe sleep practices recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to reduce…
Increasing self efficacy, self confidence, and genetic knowledge via the Community Genetic Navigation Engagement Specialist Train-the-Trainer program
The CoGENES program trained community health workers (CHWs) to educate Hispanic/Latino individuals about genetic testing for colorectal cancer. The three-week program improved…