This review sought to identify countries where CHWs administer vaccines and to synthesize health systems factors that may influence the feasibility of CHWs administering vaccines. Data included peer-reviewed literature from three databases and gray literature identified through web searches and by CHW subject matter experts. From this database, 23 CHW cadres were identified … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers as Vaccinators: A Rapid Review of the Global Landscape, 2000-2021
Kenya
A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes
The purpose of this study was to field-test an adapted version of the NORMAL job aid that guides CHWs on how to counsel women about contraceptive-induced menstrual changes. Researchers investigated how the job aid was used, the challenges faced in using it, and recommendations to improve the job aid. Community health volunteers (CHVs) from Kenya were trained on the 2-page job … [Read more...] about A Field Test of the NORMAL Job Aid With Community Health Workers in Kenya to Address Contraceptive-Induced Menstrual Changes
What makes community health worker models for tuberculosis active case finding work? A cross-sectional study of TB REACH projects to identify success factors for increasing case notifications
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyze data from the TB REACH initiative, which has supported interventions using CHWs to deliver TB care in over 30 countries, to address key knowledge gaps in CHW networks. A survey was conducted to understand projects’ practices on CHW recruitment, training, activities, supervision, compensation, and sustainability. The results … [Read more...] about What makes community health worker models for tuberculosis active case finding work? A cross-sectional study of TB REACH projects to identify success factors for increasing case notifications
Analyzing 3429 digital supervisory interactions between Community Health Workers in Uganda and Kenya: the development, testing and validation of an open access predictive machine learning web app
The goal of this study was to document the development and validation of the web application, CHWsupervisor, while reporting its predictive accuracy. CHWsupervisor was developed as an open access, machine learning web application to predictively code instant messages exchanged between CHWs based on supervisory interaction codes. It was created using instant messages exchanged … [Read more...] about Analyzing 3429 digital supervisory interactions between Community Health Workers in Uganda and Kenya: the development, testing and validation of an open access predictive machine learning web app
Effectiveness of four interventions in improving community health workers’ performance in western Kenya: a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study using a longitudinal data
In this longitudinal study, researchers assessed the effectiveness of four CHW interventions and their impact on CHW knowledge, job satisfaction, and household coverage. The four interventions were refresher training, provision of a bicycle, supportive supervision, and financial incentives. Researchers recruited nearly 1,300 CHWs from four districts in Kenya. After a year-long … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of four interventions in improving community health workers’ performance in western Kenya: a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study using a longitudinal data