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Recruitment and Retention

Working with Community Health Workers as ‘volunteers’ in a vaccine trial: Practical and ethical experiences and implications

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Community engagement is increasingly emphasized in biomedical research, as a right in itself, and to strengthen ethical practice. We draw on interviews and observations to consider the practical and ethical implications of involving Community Health Workers (CHWs) as part of a community engagement strategy for a vaccine trial on the Kenyan Coast. CHWs were initially engaged as … [Read more...] about Working with Community Health Workers as ‘volunteers’ in a vaccine trial: Practical and ethical experiences and implications

Program planners’ perspectives of promotora roles, recruitment, and selection.

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Program planners work with promotoras (the Spanish term for female community health workers) to reduce health disparities among underserved populations. Based on the Role-Outcomes Linkage Evaluation Model for Community Health Workers (ROLES) conceptual model, we explored how program planners conceptualized the promotora role and the approaches and strategies they used to … [Read more...] about Program planners’ perspectives of promotora roles, recruitment, and selection.

Impact of dropout of female volunteer community health workers: an exploration in Dhaka urban slums.

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The model of volunteer community health workers (CHWs) is a common approach to serving the poor communities in developing countries. BRAC, a large NGO in Bangladesh, is a pioneer in this area, has been using female CHWs as core workers in its community-based health programs since 1977. After 25 years of implementing of the CHW model in rural areas, BRAC has begun using female … [Read more...] about Impact of dropout of female volunteer community health workers: an exploration in Dhaka urban slums.

The role of community health workers (CHWs) in health promotion research: ethical challenges and practical solutions.

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This article aims to describe the role of community health workers (CHWs) in health promotion research and address the challenges and ethical concerns associated with this research approach. Findings reveal a number of challenges that investigators and project managers encounter when working with CHWs on research projects involving the community. These include characteristics … [Read more...] about The role of community health workers (CHWs) in health promotion research: ethical challenges and practical solutions.