Today's ambulatory care providers face numerous challenges as they try to practice efficient, patient-centered medicine. This article explains how community health workers (CHWs) can be engaged to address many patient- and system-related barriers currently experienced in ambulatory care practices. Community health workers are frontline public health workers who serve as a … [Read more...] about Community health workers “101” for primary care providers and other stakeholders in health care systems.
Journal articles
Community Health Workers Can Be a Public Health Force for Change in the United States: Three Actions for a New Paradigm
Community health workers (CHWs) have gained increased visibility in the United States. We discuss how to strengthen the role of CHWs to enable them to become collaborative leaders in dramatically changing health care from “sickness care” systems to ones that provide comprehensive care for individuals and families and support community and tribal wellness. We recommend drawing … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers Can Be a Public Health Force for Change in the United States: Three Actions for a New Paradigm
Community Capacity As Means To Improved Health Practices And An End In Itself: Evidence From a Multi-Stage Study
This three-phase study characterized, validated, and applied community capacity domains in a health communication project evaluation in Zambia. Phase I explored community capacity domains from community members’ perspectives (16 focus groups, 14 in-depth interviews, 4 sites. These were validated in Phase II with 720 randomly selected adults. The validated domains were … [Read more...] about Community Capacity As Means To Improved Health Practices And An End In Itself: Evidence From a Multi-Stage Study
Strategies to improve the performance of female health workers in West Bengal: A cross-sectional survey
This article examines the workload and determinants of good performance of female health workers in 2 districts of West Bengal, India. Results indicated that female health workers spent excessive time in documentation which left less time for service delivery. Infrastructure, planning and supervision affected performance and these areas must be strengthened to improve primary … [Read more...] about Strategies to improve the performance of female health workers in West Bengal: A cross-sectional survey
A realist synthesis of randomised control trials involving use of community health workers for delivering child health interventions in low and middle income countries
This review examines evidence from randomized control trials (RCT) on CHW interventions in integrated management of childhood illnesses in low and middle income countries from a realist perspective with the aim of seeing if they can yield insight into the working of the interventions, when examined from a different perspective. Interventions to improve CHW performance included: … [Read more...] about A realist synthesis of randomised control trials involving use of community health workers for delivering child health interventions in low and middle income countries