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Design, implementation, and evaluation of community health worker training programs in Latinx communities: A scoping review

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The purpose of this review was to examine the current reporting trends of program design, implementation, and evaluation of training programs for Latinx CHWs in the USA. Researchers explored five scholarly databases to identify articles describing training programs for Latinx CHWs between 2009 to 2021. Findings from the articles that met the inclusion criteria suggested a lack … [Read more...] about Design, implementation, and evaluation of community health worker training programs in Latinx communities: A scoping review

Herding behavior in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural Zimbabwe: The moderating role of health information under heterogeneous household risk perceptions

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The purpose of this review was to examine herding behavior in vaccine hesitancy, with a special focus on the moderating role of household access to health information from village health workers (VHWs) under different risk perceptions in rural Zimbabwe. To do so, researchers analyzed data collected from 13,583 responses to the 2021 Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee … [Read more...] about Herding behavior in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural Zimbabwe: The moderating role of health information under heterogeneous household risk perceptions

Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice

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The goal of this review was to compile research findings on the following questions: (1) How effective are CHW interventions at reaching the most disadvantaged groups in LMIC contexts? and (2) What evidence exists on whether and how these programs reduce health inequities in the populations they serve? Researchers explored six academic databases for recent (2014-2020) studies … [Read more...] about Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice

Approaches and outcomes of community health worker’s interventions for hypertension management and control in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review

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This review sought to critically assess the scope, content, and outcomes of CHW interventions designed to reduce blood pressure (BP) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A search of databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, OpenGrey, Cochrane Central Trials Register and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) was conducted to identify studies in LMICs from 2000 to … [Read more...] about Approaches and outcomes of community health worker’s interventions for hypertension management and control in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review

Multilevel determinants of community health workers for an effective maternal and child health programme in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

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In this systematic review, authors review perceived barriers and enablers of community health worker engagement in addressing maternal and child health (MCH). Researchers identified 1561 articles from six countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Nine articles met the inclusion criteria. Authors identified four different levels of determinants for effective CHW MCH programs: individual, … [Read more...] about Multilevel determinants of community health workers for an effective maternal and child health programme in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review