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Multidisciplinary Care Teams: Report of an IAPAC Consultation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2011)
A multidisciplinary care team can be defined as a partnership among health care workers of different disciplines inside and outside the health sector and the community with the goal of providing quality continuous, comprehensive and efficient health services. This report explores the potential of introducing multidisciplinary care teams into sub-SaharanRead more…
World Vision: Peer Education Training Summary Report (2010)
This report reviews World Vision’s training and support for peer educators in a school-based peer-led HIV prevention programme in three provinces of South Africa. The methodology is based on the Centre for the Support of Peer Education (CSPE) philosophy which encourages the use of peer educators to reach beneficiaries. LessonsRead more…
Facts for Life (2013)
Facts for Life provides essential information on how to prevent child and maternal deaths, diseases, injuries and violence. Written in simple language, the messages are based on the latest scientific findings by medical and child development experts around the world. The contents can promote dialogue, learning, communication and action amongRead more…
Isibindi Model of Care for Vulnerable Children and Youth (2013)
This document describes the Isibindi Model which uses community-based child and youth care workers in communities in an innovative team outreach program to support children and families affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The aim is to enable children and youth to acquire skills that will increase their competency in theirRead more…
Role Development of Community Health Workers (2013)
This study reviews research on CHW programs and concludes there is an inconsistent reporting of selection and training processes for CHWs in the existing literature. It presents a conceptual model for the role development of CHWs to guide future reporting of CHW programs in the intervention literature.
Reliability of Community Health Worker Collected Data for Planning and Policy in a Peri-Urban Area of Kisumu, Kenya (2011)
This article investigates the validity and reliability of Community Based Information collected by CHWs in Kenya. The study concludes that CHWs collect sufficient household data that can be used to inform decisions on health interventions and to scale-up and develop new programs.
Community Health Worker Intervention to Decrease Cervical Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Women (2010)
This study presents the results of a randomized trial of a promotora-led education intervention focused on cervical caner in a local South Philadelphia Hispanic community. The findings suggest that CHWs can provide a novel and culturally-appropriate model for addressing racial and ethnic health disparities in underserved populations.
Meeting the health information needs of health workers: What have we learned? (2012)
The information challenges facing health workers worldwide include lack of routine systems for seeking and sharing information, lack of high-quality and current health information, and lack of locally relevant materials and tools. This article presents three studies of health information needs in India, Senegal, and Malawi that demonstrate these informationRead more…
Community health workers: Bringing family planning services to where people live and work (2011)
CHWs provide health education, referral and follow up, case management, and basic preventive health care and home visiting services to specific communities. They provide support and assistance to individuals and families in navigating the health and social services system. When appropriately designed and implemented, community-based family planning (FP) services canRead more…
Perceived barriers and motivating factors influencing student midwives’ acceptance of rural postings in Ghana (2012)
To meet Millennium Development Goal Five and the reproductive needs of all women, it is predicted that an additional 334,000 midwives are needed. Despite the ongoing efforts to increase this cadre of health workers there are still glaring gaps and inequities in distribution. In countries where there are too fewRead more…
Community case management of diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia: Tracking science to policy and practice in sub-Saharan Africa (2012)
New MNCH Working Paper from UNICEF on CCM policy and practice in sub-Saharan Africa UNICEF has just released a new MNCH Working Paper titled “Community case management of diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia: Tracking science to policy and practice in sub-Saharan Africa” by Asha George, Mark Young, Rory Nefdt, Roshni Basu,Read more…
A systematic review of strategies to increase demand, uptake and quality of community-based diagnosis and case management of malaria (2012)
New MNCH Working Paper from UNICEF and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine presenting a systematic review of CCM for malaria UNICEF, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has just released a new MNCH Working Paper titled “A systematic review of strategies toRead more…
Qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhoea malaria and pneumonia in select high burden countries: Report on findings from Kenya (2012)
This report is based on UNICEF’s three country qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia. The study had three main objectives: To access perceptions and experiences of childhood malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia and associated care-seeking and treatment (non-)uptake. To determineRead more…
How effective are community health workers? (2012)
Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide a critical and essential link with health systems and are a powerful force for promoting healthy behaviors in resource-constrained settings. During the past decade, there has been an explosion of evidence and interest concerning community health workers and their potential for improving the health ofRead more…
Optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting: WHO recommendations (2012)
The World Health Organization’s recommendations on optimizing the roles of health workers aim to help address critical health workforce shortages that slow down progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A more rational distribution of tasks and responsibilities among cadres of health workers can significantly improve both access andRead more…
Deployment of community health workers across rural sub-Saharan Africa: financial considerations and operational assumptions (2012)
Objective To provide cost guidance for developing a locally adaptable and nationally scalable community health worker (CHW) system within primary-health-care systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods The yearly costs of training, equipping and deploying CHWs throughout rural sub-Saharan Africa were calculated using data from the literature and from the Millennium VillagesRead more…
Qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia – Report on findings from Nigeria (2012)
The report is based on UNICEF’s three country qualitative study to identify solutions to local barriers to care-seeking and treatment for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia. The study had three main objectives: To access perceptions and experiences of childhood malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia and associated care-seeking and treatment (non-)uptake. ToRead more…
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