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Training Needs of Community Health Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Texas: A Cross-Sectional Study (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the crucial role community health workers (CHWs) play in providing equitable healthcare in the United States. This cross-sectional study aimed to understand how COVID-19 impacted CHWs working conditions and training. The authors found training topics such as prevention of COVID-19, the clinical course of COVID-19, vulnerableRead more…
Validity of using mobile phone surveys to evaluate community health worker program in Mali (2021)
The monitoring and evaluation of interventions is critical to ensure their effectiveness. Mobile phone-based methods can help to assess the success of interventions, but understanding their implementation as an evaluation tool lacks validity. Community health workers in Mali providing integrated community case management and family planning took a survey toRead more…
An Emerging Model for Community Health Worker–Based Chronic Care Management for Patients With High Health Care Costs in Rural Appalachia (2020)
This paper presents the results of a CHW-centered intervention to improve diabetes health outcomes and lower diabetes-related healthcare costs for patients in Appalachia. The authors studied the dissemination of a community health worker–based chronic care management (CHW-Based CCM) model in three central Appalachian states and the process for engaging healthRead more…
Community Health Workers’ Role in DSMES and Prediabetes (2019)
Diabetes prevalence continues to grow in the United States, straining the healthcare workforce and increasing disease-burden. This practice piece from the American Association of Diabetes Educators argues that community health workers should be considered in the provision of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) to communities experiencing high rates ofRead more…
Integrating Community Health Workers into State and Local Chronic Disease Prevention Efforts: Program and Financing Considerations (2018)
Results and cost-benefits of chronic disease interventions do not appear for years after efforts are initiated. As a result, community health workers (CHW) roles in the prevention of chronic disease in the United States are undervalued. This brief outlines evidence for integrating CHWs into the healthcare workforce and financial avenuesRead more…
Roles for mHealth to support Community Health Workers addressing COVID-19 (2020)
Community health workers (CHWs) have been and continue to be important members of the healthcare workforce, delivering critical care to their communities during the ongoing COVID19 Pandemic. The authors provide guidance on how mHealth can support and enhance CHWs during the pandemic. They highlight that mHealth can increase contact tracing,Read more…
Community health workers to improve adherence to anti-seizure medication in rural South Africa: Is it cost-effective? (2020)
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience a high disease burden for epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition.The authors evaluate the cost-effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) to improve adherence to medication for epilepsy in South Africa. They found that utilizing CHWs to improve medication adherence was cost-effective.
Mind the Global Community Health Funding Gap (2021)
Although community health workers (CHWs) are widely valued as crucial members of the healthcare workforce, funding for CHWs and CHW programs continues to be inadequate. This commentary argues that to increase funding for CHWs and CHW programs, governments can build infrastructure for community health systems that are community-centered through policyRead more…
Optimising geographical accessibility to primary health care: a geospatial analysis of community health posts and community health workers in Niger (2021)
Researchers used complete georeferenced census and other high-resolution spatial datasets to compare proximity of community health posts and CHWs in Niger in 2000 and 2013. Through modeling, they estimated that CHWs increased access to and geographical coverage of healthcare. The results highlight the utility of CHWs in increasing access toRead more…
Improving maternal, newborn and child health outcomes through a community-based women’s health education program: a cluster randomised controlled trial in western Kenya ()
Chamas for Change, a community health volunteer group, provides health education for pregnant and postpartum women in Kenya. Researchers conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial involving 74 community health units in Trans Nzoia County to understand the effectiveness of this model of health education on maternal, newborn, and child health.Read more…
COVID-19 and health promotion in Brazil: community health workers between vulnerability and resistance (2021)
Although community health workers are key members of the healthcare workforce in Brazil, many are women who face poor working conditions. Researchers investigated the ways in which COVID-19 enhanced the existing poor working conditions and created new ones for the CHW workforce in Brazil. The authors found that CHWs wereRead more…
Community health worker case-detection of asthma or reactive airways disease in a resource-poor community in Nicaragua (2021)
Early detection of asthma in children has the great potential to reduce morbidity and mortality in children. Researchers conducted a study in a low-income community of Nicaragua to understand the effectiveness of a community health worker-administered questionnaire in detecting childhood asthma. They found that the questionnaire was an effective screeningRead more…
Community health worker models in South Africa: a qualitative study on policy implementation of the 2018/19 revised framework (2020)
Community health workers (CHWs) are well-positioned to provide essential healthcare due, in part, to their deep integration with the community they serve. Researchers conducted a qualitative study in six provinces in South Africa to better understand CHW policy implementation. Through interviews with provincial and district health managers and service providers,Read more…
Gender intersections identified whilst transitioning mass vitamin A supplementation into an integrated reproductive and child health programme in Sierra Leone (2021)
Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) coverage in Sierra Leone has greatly increased over recent years through the integration of VAS with counseling and distribution of contraceptives. However, research suggests that investigators take a critical look at how these VAS campaigns interact with gender. The authors interviewed parents, government stakeholders, and communityRead more…
Making the invisible visible: Developing and evaluating an intervention to raise awareness and reduce lead exposure among children and their caregivers in rural Bangladesh (2021)
Prenatal and early childhood exposure to lead can be extremely harmful. As part of an informational childhood development intervention in rural Bangladesh, community health workers (CHWs) delivered lead-exposure information to pregnant women and mothers and then administered surveys to assess knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. Awareness of the harms ofRead more…
Influencing factors for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage and early detection of childbearing women at risk in Northern Province of Rwanda: beneficiary and health worker perspectives ()
Factors associated with postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) pose significant barriers to maternal health globally. Researchers interviewed family members, community health workers (CHWs), and healthcare providers in Rwanda to understand their perspectives on strategies to prevent PPH. Respondents stressed that getting pregnant women to a health facility in a timely manner wasRead more…
Leveraging latent assets to strengthen the COVID-19 response and vaccine roll-out in Africa (2021)
Despite the success of COVID19 vaccine development globally, Africa continues to face challenges related to COVID19 vaccine distribution. Based on their experience in Kenya, the authors identified crucial latent aspects of communities that can enhance the COVID19 response and vaccine distribution such as community health worker-led community-based healthcare and leveragingRead more…
CHW Document Resource Center (2021)
The CHW Document Resource Center compiled by the National Association for Community Health Workers in the United States is a centralized database of policies and legal reports relating to advancing CHW policy at the state level. The types of documents available include reports, policy studies, meeting minutes, brochures, and stateRead more…
Cancer related knowledge, attitude, and practice among community health care providers and health assistants in rural Bangladesh (2021)
Community health workers (CHWs) are capable of supporting early cancer detection and management services. The authors of this study, conducted in Bangladesh evaluated the knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of CHWs related to cancer detection. They found that a majority of CHWs did not receive any cancer training and manyRead more…
Advocacy Training for Community Health Workers (2021)
This free, online advocacy training course is designed to build CHW skills in advocacy message development. Community health workers can access this course to learn more about how to advocate for themselves and their communities and weave personal narratives into their work to create positive and equitable change in theirRead more…
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