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Community health volunteer support for regular blood pressure monitoring in Indonesia spatial regression models (2025)
This study explored how community health volunteers (CHVs) in Indonesia influence regular blood pressure checks, which are key to managing hypertension. Using national survey data, researchers found that people were more likely to monitor their blood pressure when CHVs rated their traits (using a likert scale) as kind, considerate, andRead more…
Exploring community health workers’ perspectives on recommending influenza vaccination to older adults: a phenomenological study (2025)
This study looked at how community health workers (CHWs) in Shanghai encourage older adults to get the flu vaccine. While most were willing to recommend the vaccine, many were cautious and focused on avoiding blame or harming their reputation. Their actions were shaped by personal beliefs, community expectations, their ownRead more…
The Fundamentals of Health Research training for community health workers: a mixed-methods study (2025)
This program trained community health workers (CHWs) to better understand and talk about health research with their communities. The 12-hour course helped them learn about research basics, ethics, and how to share this information in simple ways. After the training, many CHWs felt more confident and were more likely toRead more…
Community health workers identify children requiring health center admission in Northern Uganda: prehospital risk prediction using vital signs and advanced point-of-care tests (2025)
This study tested if community health workers could use simple tools to identify seriously sick children before they reached a health center. Involving 636 children, it found that checking vital signs was better at predicting which kids needed admission than using danger signs or a special blood test (CRP). TheRead more…
Ear Care and Hearing Health Awareness Among Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal (2025)
This study looked at what female community health volunteers (FCHVs) in Nepal know and do about ear and hearing health. It involved 2,154 FCHVs from three districts and found that most used harmful methods like cotton buds or oil to clean their ears, and many treated ear problems without medicalRead more…
Strategies To Support Community Health Workers In The Fragile And Conflict-Affected Buea Health District, Cameroon (2025)
This study explored how to better support Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Buea Health District, Cameroon, especially during conflict and crisis. CHWs face major challenges like insecurity, community mistrust, and displacement, which affect their work and well-being. Using interviews, group discussions, and storytelling, the study found that CHWs need betterRead more…
Experiences of community health workers in providing tobacco cessation support within antenatal care services in rural India (2025)
This study looked at how community health workers (CHWs) in rural India helped pregnant women quit tobacco. From 2022 to 2024, CHWs were trained to talk to women about the dangers of tobacco and offer support to help them stop using it. The program was found to fit well intoRead more…
Unpacking the Complex Determinants of the Performance of Accredited Social Health Activists in Bihar: A Qualitative Study (2025)
This study looks at what helps or hinders the work of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Bihar, India. Using interviews, it finds that ASHAs face different challenges depending on the task. Tasks like immunization, surveys, and escorting mothers to hospitals are prioritized because they come with incentives or areRead more…
Imagining the work of community health workers: notes for a discussion on territory, health and care (2025)
This essay reflects on how place (territory), health, and care are connected by looking at the work of community health agents. It explores how health services are organized, how care is often medicalized, and how CHWs help manage cultural meanings in health care. The authors argue that both territory andRead more…
Community Health Worker Diabetes Prevention Awareness Training in an Immersive Virtual World Environment: Mixed Methods Pilot Study (2025)
This study tested a 10-week online training program using a 3D virtual world to teach community health workers (CHWs) about diabetes prevention in Black communities. The training helped CHWs improve their knowledge, confidence, and healthy habits. Most participants found the training useful, interactive, and easy to follow, though some wantedRead more…
Lay health worker-delivered case management for early episodes of psychosis in Bangkok, Thailand (Lay-CARE): a single-centre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial (2025)
This study looked at whether trained lay health workers (non-specialists) could help people with early psychosis in Bangkok. They compared regular care with a program that included family support, help accessing services, and regular check-ins. After six months, those in the program showed better daily activity, self-care, and behavior thanRead more…
Worker Organizing in Health Care: Professionalization as a Stage for Collective Voice (2025)
This study looks at how community health workers in the U.S. became recognized as a profession. By working together, building networks, and using policy changes, they gained professional status. While this brought new opportunities, it also created limits on how they could work. The study shows that professionalization can alsoRead more…
Community Health Workers: Developing Roles In Public Health Dementia Efforts In The United States (2025)
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are trusted members of their communities who help people stay healthy. While they have been effective in managing conditions like diabetes and HIV, they have not been used much in dementia care. With the right training, CHWs can support people with dementia and their families especiallyRead more…
Relational coordination of state partnership with traditional birth attendants: soft partnering in Ghana’s maternal and child healthcare context (2025)
This study looked at how traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and government health workers in Ghana’s Upper East Region work together to improve care for mothers and children. Unlike in other places where there is conflict, this partnership works well because both sides are flexible, open to learning from each other,Read more…
Acceptability and feasibility of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing using SD Biosensor by village malaria workers in Cambodia: a qualitative study (2025)
This study evaluated stakeholders’ perception on whether it is possible and acceptable to bring point-of-care glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing for malaria treatment to communities in Cambodia. Most people agreed the testing is valuable, and village malaria workers could do it well with proper training and support. However, some concerns likeRead more…
Return to care of children and adolescents living with HIV who missed their clinic visits or were lost to follow-up: a continuous quality improvement study in Uganda (2025)
A rural health facility in eastern Uganda used a step-by-step quality improvement approach to help children and teens living with HIV return to care after missing clinic visits. They started by calling those who missed appointments, then reviewed records weekly, and later involved community health workers to follow up. TheseRead more…
What knowledge and skills are needed for community volunteers to take on a signposting role in community-based palliative care? A qualitative study (2025)
Community volunteers can help connect people with palliative care needs to health services, but they often lack the training and confidence to do so. This study found that volunteers and healthcare workers rarely communicate well, and professionals sometimes don’t trust volunteers. Volunteers need better knowledge of care needs and services,Read more…
Development and validation of Mental Health Literacy Assessment Scale among community health workers in Nepal (2025)
A new tool called the Mental Health Literacy Assessment Scale was developed to measure how well community health workers in Nepal understand mental health. It went through careful testing and showed strong results for accuracy and reliability. The scale covers key areas like positive mental health habits, common myths, signsRead more…
Q&A with Madeleine Ballard (2025)
Dr. Madeleine Ballard leads the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC), a global group working to make professional community health workers a standard part of healthcare. CHIC is making professional community health workers (proCHWs) the norm worldwide by changing guidelines, funding, and policy. She helps push for policies that improve careRead more…
Community Health Worker Diabetes Prevention Awareness Training in an Immersive Virtual World Environment: Mixed Methods Pilot Study (2025)
This study tested a 3D virtual training program to help Black female community health workers learn how to raise awareness about diabetes prevention. The training ran for 10 weeks and included interactive lessons. Most participants were satisfied with the training, felt more knowledgeable and confident afterward, and reported better eatingRead more…
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