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Factors influencing work performance and prospective mobile health applications among village health support groups: a formative study for i-MoMCARE development to enhance maternal, newborn, and child healthcare in Cambodia (2025)
This study explored the challenges and opportunities for Village Health Support Groups (VHSGs) in Cambodia, who provide maternal and child health services. Interviews with 38 stakeholders showed that while VHSGs are motivated and skilled, their work is limited by lack of resources, low community trust, and no stable financial support.Read more…
Amplifying Community Health Worker Voices to Examine the Implementation and Scaling of a Community Health Program: A Qualitative Study in the Philippines (2025)
This study explored how community health workers (CHWs) in the Philippines experienced an expanded community health program. Interviews with 64 CHWs showed they found the program more useful because it reached more people and offered basic treatments. However, the added responsibilities also required more time and effort, creating challenges. ClearRead more…
Assessing the gap between policy and practice: community health workers’ contributions to nutrition services in Sub-Saharan Africa (2025)
This study looked at whether community health workers (CHWs) in six African countries are providing the nutrition services outlined in national policies. Interviews with 735 CHWs and a review of policy documents showed gaps between what CHWs are supposed to do and what they actually deliver. While most CHWs providedRead more…
Effectiveness of a community health worker-led education intervention on knowledge, attitude, and antenatal care attendance among pregnant women in Eastern Uganda (2025)
This study tested whether training Village Health Teams (VHTs) in Eastern Uganda to give tailored education to pregnant women could improve maternal health outcomes. Over six months, VHTs visited women at home to provide guidance. After the program, women showed much better knowledge about maternal and child health, more positiveRead more…
Context and reasons of preference for use of traditional birth attendant care in Indonesia and Ethiopia (2025)
This study looked at why many families in Indonesia and Ethiopia still prefer Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) despite efforts to promote hospital births. Interviews and group discussions with mothers, TBAs, community health workers, men, and community leaders showed that people value TBAs because they are close by, trusted, and provideRead more…
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…
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