Growing evidence supports the use of Western therapies for the treatment of depression, trauma, and stress delivered by community health workers in conflict-affected, resource-limited countries. A recent randomized control trial (Bolton et al 2014a) supported the efficacy of two CHW-delivered interventions, cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and brief … [Read more...] about Adaptation of community health worker-delivered behavioral activation for torture survivors in Kurdistan, Iraq
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Identifying common impairments in frail and dependent older people: validation of the COPE assessment for non-specialised health workers in low resource primary health care settings
Among older people, impairments in mobility, nutrition, vision, hearing, cognition, mood, and behaviour make an important contribution to years lived with disability, and dependence, and mortality. A recent systematic review concluded that, in primary care and community settings, interventions targeting risk factors and functional impairments may be more effective than … [Read more...] about Identifying common impairments in frail and dependent older people: validation of the COPE assessment for non-specialised health workers in low resource primary health care settings
Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Training Course for Community Health Workers
World Vision's Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition (ttC) is a comprehensive training course for CHWs, Care Groups and volunteers working in maternal and child health. ttC takes a life-cycle approach, supporting through pregnancy to two years of age, which offers the best opportunity to put children on a path to life-long health. World Vision’s newly released … [Read more...] about Timed and Targeted Counselling for Health and Nutrition, 2nd Edition: A Comprehensive Training Course for Community Health Workers
Can a community health worker and a trained traditional birth attendant work as a team to deliver child health interventions in rural Zambia?
Zambia has a strained health care system with limited health facilities and human resources, and thus has been using community-based health workers, mostly volunteers, to provide basic health services, especially in rural areas, to confront its high under-5 mortality. Two common volunteer cadres are community health workers (CHWs) and trained traditional birth attendants … [Read more...] about Can a community health worker and a trained traditional birth attendant work as a team to deliver child health interventions in rural Zambia?
Assessment of non-financial incentives for volunteer community health workers – the case of Wukro district, Tigray, Ethiopia
Volunteer community health workers (VCHW) are health care providers who are trained but do not have any professional certification. They are intended to fill the gap for unmet curative, preventative, and health promotion health needs of communities. The VCHWs are the only unpaid health workers in the Ethiopian health care system. Therefore, identifying the … [Read more...] about Assessment of non-financial incentives for volunteer community health workers – the case of Wukro district, Tigray, Ethiopia