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Quick Guide – Improving Communication With Healthcare Teams for CHWs (2025)
Community Health Workers, or CHWs, play an important role in helping a person navigate a cancer diagnosis. This quick guide aim to enable CHWs: 1. Help patients communicate more effectively with their healthcare team. 2. Empower patients to maintain communication with their healthcare team.
The added value of community-based organisations in retaining people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the continuum of care in Mali (2025)
In Mali, staying in care is a challenge for people living with HIV (PLHIV) due to social, economic, and structural barriers. This study explored how community health workers (CHWs) support retention in care. Interviews with PLHIV, including key populations, highlighted four key roles of CHWs: fostering good patient-provider relationships, providingRead more…
From stigma to solutions: harnessing local wisdom to tackle harms associated with menstrual seclusion (chhaupadi) in Nepal (2024)
In Nepal, the tradition of chhaupadi isolates women during menstruation and after childbirth, leading to health risks. This study in Dailekh used a community-led approach to develop solutions to reduce its negative impact. The process involved engaging key stakeholders and designing five interventions, including counseling by female community health volunteersRead more…
Extending Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Policy Framework Through an Analysis of How Community Health Workers in India Are Driving Policy Changes (2023)
This paper explores how India’s Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), despite being at the lowest level of the health system, have successfully advocated for better wages and working conditions. Through protests, strikes, and strategic engagement with policymakers, ASHAs have secured incremental wage increases, with significant progress during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more…
Relationship of perinatal outcomes to the competence and quantity of contact with community health workers (2025)
This study examined how community health worker (CHW) behaviors impact maternal and child health outcomes in a rural home visit program. CHWs were assigned to either a standard care group or an intervention group with improved monitoring and supervision. Results showed that consistent home visits took 9–12 months to establish,Read more…
The effect of a combined mHealth and community health worker intervention on HIV self-management (2025)
This study analyzed data from a trial evaluating CHAMPS, a mobile health intervention with community health worker support, to improve HIV self-management in New York City and Birmingham. Findings showed that missing medical appointments, uncertainty about care access, and poor medication adherence were linked to lower self-management. In NYC, CHAMPSRead more…
Gonorrhea and Early Syphilis Treatment Practices Among Community Health Care Providers in Baltimore City, Maryland (2025)
This study assessed how well community healthcare providers (CHPs) in Baltimore treated gonorrhea and early syphilis (ES) based on CDC guidelines. Data from 2018–2019 showed that while most providers followed correct treatment protocols, many did not meet goals for treating all diagnosed cases, especially for gonorrhea. High-volume clinics were lessRead more…
Evaluation of a peer-led research best practices training for community health workers and promotoras. (2024)
This study evaluated a training program designed to help community health workers (CHWs) and promotoras (CHW/Ps) participate in research. The course, available in English and Spanish, was delivered in-person or online by experienced facilitators. A total of 394 CHW/Ps completed the training, with over 95% reporting improved skills and 98%Read more…
The impact of interprofessional collaboration between pharmacists and community health workers on medication adherence a systematic review (2025)
This review examined how pharmacists and community health workers (CHWs) work together to improve medication adherence. Eight studies, mostly from the U.S., were analyzed, involving 1,577 participants. The interventions included medication therapy management, reconciliation, and education, with CHWs providing patient support and pharmacists handling clinical care. While some studies showedRead more…
Community-based follow-up of very low birth weight neonates discharged from a regional hospital in Cape Town: a descriptive study (2025)
Neonatal deaths remain a major concern in South Africa, with nearly half linked to prematurity. The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) program supports very low birth weight (VLBW) babies through community health worker visits. This study examined VLBW infants discharged from a regional hospital, their follow-up care, health outcomes, andRead more…
Community Health Worker Requirements to Accelerate Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: An Overview of Contemporary Estimates and Implications of Full-Time Versus Part-Time Working Arrangements (2025)
Community health workers are essential for achieving universal health coverage and reducing health inequalities by providing key healthcare services. African leaders aim to expand this workforce, but there is uncertainty about how many are needed. Estimates suggest that depending on their working hours, the number of community health workers requiredRead more…
An exploration of Michigan certified peer support specialists’ perceptions on tobacco use and additional future supports (2025)
This study explored peer support specialists’ views on tobacco cessation services to improve policies and interventions in rural and urban areas. A survey of 172 peers found that most saw existing services like Quitlines, counseling, and medications as somewhat effective, with peer-to-peer support rated the highest. Rural peers emphasized theRead more…
Dual Certification Of Community Health Workers And Certified Peer Support Specialists Can Better Address Syndemics (2025)
Public health crises like HIV, hepatitis C, and opioid overdoses often overlap, worsening health disparities, especially in marginalized communities. Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Peer Support Specialists (PSSs) play crucial roles in addressing these challenges—CHWs focus on health education and resource navigation, while PSSs provide support through lived experience inRead more…
Feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of a human-centered design-derived intervention to improve community health workers’ contraception outreach in rural Malawi (2025)
Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) in Malawi play a key role in expanding contraceptive access in rural areas. The Ndingathe intervention was designed to improve outreach by addressing HSA workflow challenges and enhancing self-injection counseling through a mnemonic and peer support from experienced users. During a six-month pilot, Ndingathe increased outreachRead more…
Assessing the value-added contributions of community health workers and communities to early child development: a longitudinal study in a low-income setting (2025)
Early child development programs delivered by community health workers (CHWs) in low-resource settings can be effective, but scaling them presents challenges. This study analyzed data from a home-visiting trial in rural Madagascar to assess the impact of CHWs and communities on child development. Results showed that CHWs and community factorsRead more…
Co-producing a health advocate intervention for pediatric liver transplant recipients using human-centered design (2025)
Pediatric liver transplant patients and their families face challenges in accessing healthcare and social services. This study used input from caregivers and transplant teams to design a navigator role to address these issues. Caregivers wanted help with accessing resources, preparing for appointments, and improving communication with schools and healthcare providers.Read more…
Exploration of the multi-level barriers to scaling up methadone for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan (2025)
In Kazakhstan, methadone is a free treatment for opioid use disorder, but few people who need it are using it. This study explored barriers to methadone access among people who inject drugs (PWID), healthcare providers, and policymakers. Key challenges included concerns about methadone safety, strict entry requirements, and limited availability.Read more…
Moving Beyond Viral Suppression: Strengthening the Community HIV Workforce to Improve Empowerment and Reduce Stigma in the Memphis Transitional Grant Area (2025)
Training community health workers (CHWs) and their supervisors can improve care for people living with HIV. This study evaluated the impact of a community-driven training program in eight counties in the southern U.S. from 2021 to 2022. After the training, clients of CHWs showed better viral suppression, greater empowerment, andRead more…
Development of a curriculum to educate religious leaders about blood pressure using community-based participatory research and educational theory in Mwanza, Tanzania (2025)
Hypertension is a major health concern in Tanzania, but low trust in medical care and a focus on spiritual well-being often prevent people from seeking treatment. Religious leaders, who are highly respected in their communities, can help bridge this gap. To support this, health researchers and religious leaders co-developed aRead more…
From stigma to solutions: harnessing local wisdom to tackle harms associated with menstrual seclusion (chhaupadi) in Nepal (2024)
In Nepal, the tradition of chhaupadi isolates women during menstruation and childbirth, leading to health risks. This study in Dailekh used a community-driven approach to develop solutions to reduce its harmful effects. Through Human-Centered Design, key stakeholders were engaged, and five interventions were created, including counseling by female community healthRead more…
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