In an effort to improve access to care for women and children, the Pakistan National Programme for Family Planning and Primary Health Care recruits women and trains them to provide family planning services and primary health care in their own communities. Known as lady health workers (LHWs), they are the front line of health care in many … [Read more...] about Evidence-based training of frontline health workers for door-to-door health promotion: a pilot randomized controlled cluster trial with Lady Health Workers in Sindh Province, Pakistan.
Behavior Change and Communication
Community Health Workers in Brazil’s Unified Health System: A Framework of their Praxis and Contributions to Patient Health Behaviors
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a pivotal role in primary care, serving as liaisons between community members and medical providers. However, the growing reliance of health care systems worldwide on CHWs has outpaced research explaining their praxis – how they combine indigenous and technical knowledge, overcome challenges and impact patient … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers in Brazil’s Unified Health System: A Framework of their Praxis and Contributions to Patient Health Behaviors
Project MATCH: Training for a Promotora Intervention
Adequate training and support are critical for community health workers (promotoras de salud in Spanish) to work effectively. Current literature on promotora training is limited by a focus on promotoras' knowledge and satisfaction immediately after training. The relevance of training to subsequent work performance and the need for ongoing training are rarely addressed. This … [Read more...] about Project MATCH: Training for a Promotora Intervention
The Retention of Community Service Officers at District Hospitals in KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces
Note: “Community Service Officer” in this context means health professionals including doctors, pharmacists and dentists, deployed by the government to do community service. This study aims to assess retention determinants for health professionals to continue giving service in the district hospital after the one year community service programme. According to the study, the … [Read more...] about The Retention of Community Service Officers at District Hospitals in KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces
Preparing Community Health Workers for Their Role as Agents of Social Change: Experience of the Community Capacitation Center
Current efforts to better integrate Community Health Workers (CHWs) into the health and social service systems are promising, but may be less effective if they fail to support the role of CHWs as social change agents. The way CHWs are trained influences the roles they play. In this article, we review the literature on CHW training and summarize lessons learned to date. We … [Read more...] about Preparing Community Health Workers for Their Role as Agents of Social Change: Experience of the Community Capacitation Center