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Are village health volunteers as good as basic health staffs in providing malaria care? A country wide analysis from Myanmar, 2015 (2019)
This retrospective cohort study compares Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) and basic health staff (BHS) in the detection and treatment of malaria. The researchers find that VHVs are more accessible to mothers and children.
Psychological treatments delivered by community health workers in low-resource government health systems: effectiveness of group interpersonal psychotherapy for caregivers of children affected by nodding syndrome in Uganda (2019)
In this study, a non-randomized trial design is used to assess the effectiveness of a group interpersonal psychotherapy intervention, delivered by CHWs, in the reduction of depression amongst caregivers of children with nodding syndrome.
Skin Cancer: Photoprotection Strategies and Solar Photoexposition in Community Health Agents (2019)
In this literature review, the authors attempt to establish a set of strategies to reduce skin cancer risk by decreasing sun exposure in community health workers who spend long hours outside traveling to patients.
Work of community health agents in the Family Health Strategy: meta-synthesis (2019)
The findings presented in this article assess the perception of Community Health Agents (CHAs) in Brazil about their work.
The Profile and Work Process of Community Health Agents / Profile and the Working Process of Community Health Agents (2019)
This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the typical profile and work processes of Community Health Agents (CHA) in Brazil.
Report on the ‘Think-in’ on Community Health Worker Voice, Power, and Citizens’ Right to Health (2019)
Drawing on information from Brazil, India, South Africa and the United States, this report assesses the role of CHWs in fostering health system accountability to the community.
Report on the ‘Think-in’ on Community Health Worker Voice, Power, and Citizens’ Right to Health (2019)
Drawing on information from Brazil, India, South Africa and the United States, this report assesses the role of CHWs in fostering health system accountability to the community.
Approaches and strategies used in the training and supervision of Health Extension Workers (HEWs) delivering integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illness in Ethiopia: a qualitative rapid appraisal (2019)
This article reports the findings from a rapid qualitative appraisal of community health worker training and supervision for integrated community case management of childhood illnesses.
ETHOS DISCURSIVE: An analysis of the motivations and barriers of the labor of the Community Health Agents in Brazil (2019)
The authors of this article assess the barriers and motivating factors that drive the work of CHWs in Brazil.
Maternal health training priorities for nursing and allied health workers in Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua (2019)
Using a cross-sectional survey methodology, this study assessed the maternal health priorities for frontline primary health nurses in three South American countries and found that the identification of danger signs was a priority for CHWs.
A pilot study to evaluate home-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases by a dedicated cadre of community health workers in a rural setting in India (2019)
This article reports the findings of a pilot study of home-based screening of common non-communicable diseases by community health workers in rural India. The pilot included screening over 6000 rural Indian residents by CHWs over a six-month period.
Core Competencies and a Workforce Framework for Community Health Workers: A Model for Advancing the Profession (2019)
Through a detailed review of the literature, the authors of this article attempt to establish a validated, standardized set of core competencies for community health workers (CHWs) and a linked workforce framework .
Ethiopian community health workers’ beliefs and attitudes towards children with autism: Impact of a brief training intervention (2019)
Access to care for rural children living with autism is impeded by stigma and the confinement of autism care services to the capital city, Addis Ababa. Community health workers can help mitigate these challenges. This article presents the findings of an assessment of the impact of a brief training onRead more…
One for all, all for One Health- Assessing the impact of installing joint human-animal disease surveillance on the reporting performance of Community Health Workers in Sierra Leone • (2019)
As part of the One Health Project, community health workers are trained in joint animal and human disease surveillance as a way for early detection of the zoonotic disease Ebola. This master’s thesis explores whether CHWs in the One Health Project submit more surveillance reports vs their non-One Health ProjectRead more…
Participants’ perceptions of interactions with community health workers who promote behavior change: a qualitative characterization from participants with normal, depressive, and anxious mood states (2018)
This study attempts to characterize the relationship dynamics between Latino participants and CHWs from the participant’s perspective to determine if CHW-delivered community interventions affect behavior change among participants who reported anxiety and depression.
Tobacco cessation in Vietnam: Exploring the role of village health workers (2018)
Presenting the results of a survey of 449 Village Health Workers (VHWs) from 26 communes in the Thai Nguyen province of Vietnam, this study explores current tobacco use treatment (TUT) practice patterns, attitudes and beliefs among VHWs about delivering smoking cessation interventions and perceived barriers to doing so.
ZIKA: a new system to empower health workers and local communities to improve surveillance protocols by E-learning and to forcast ZIka virus in real time in Brazil (2018)
This paper presents the “ZIKA system” a mobile surveillance, e-learning and forecasting system, that helps community health workers to learn techniques and good practices in the surveillance of the ZIKA virus. The system is one of the first to combine public health surveillance, citizen-driven participatory reporting and weather data-based prediction.
Community health workers and use of mHealth: improving identification of pregnancy complications and access to care in the Dominican republic • (2018)
This article presents the feasibility and acceptability of using mobile health technology by community health workers (CHWs) in San Juan Province, Dominican Republic, to improve identification of pregnancy complications and access to care for pregnant women.
Evaluating the training of Chinese-speaking community health workers to implement a small group intervention promoting mammography (2019)
This randomized control trial evaluated the use of community health workers in increasing adherence to mammography screening guidelines among Chinese American women.
Health policy and system support to optimise community health worker programmes: an abridged WHO guideline (2019)
This abridged version of the WHO CHW guideline, provides a snapshot for policy makers, planners and managers on the evidence and recommendations for improving community health worker program optimization
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