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Gender intersections identified whilst transitioning mass vitamin A supplementation into an integrated reproductive and child health programme in Sierra Leone (2021)
Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) coverage in Sierra Leone has greatly increased over recent years through the integration of VAS with counseling and distribution of contraceptives. However, research suggests that investigators take a critical look at how these VAS campaigns interact with gender. The authors interviewed parents, government stakeholders, and communityRead more…
Making the invisible visible: Developing and evaluating an intervention to raise awareness and reduce lead exposure among children and their caregivers in rural Bangladesh (2021)
Prenatal and early childhood exposure to lead can be extremely harmful. As part of an informational childhood development intervention in rural Bangladesh, community health workers (CHWs) delivered lead-exposure information to pregnant women and mothers and then administered surveys to assess knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes. Awareness of the harms ofRead more…
Influencing factors for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage and early detection of childbearing women at risk in Northern Province of Rwanda: beneficiary and health worker perspectives ()
Factors associated with postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) pose significant barriers to maternal health globally. Researchers interviewed family members, community health workers (CHWs), and healthcare providers in Rwanda to understand their perspectives on strategies to prevent PPH. Respondents stressed that getting pregnant women to a health facility in a timely manner wasRead more…
Leveraging latent assets to strengthen the COVID-19 response and vaccine roll-out in Africa (2021)
Despite the success of COVID19 vaccine development globally, Africa continues to face challenges related to COVID19 vaccine distribution. Based on their experience in Kenya, the authors identified crucial latent aspects of communities that can enhance the COVID19 response and vaccine distribution such as community health worker-led community-based healthcare and leveragingRead more…
CHW Document Resource Center (2021)
The CHW Document Resource Center compiled by the National Association for Community Health Workers in the United States is a centralized database of policies and legal reports relating to advancing CHW policy at the state level. The types of documents available include reports, policy studies, meeting minutes, brochures, and stateRead more…
Cancer related knowledge, attitude, and practice among community health care providers and health assistants in rural Bangladesh (2021)
Community health workers (CHWs) are capable of supporting early cancer detection and management services. The authors of this study, conducted in Bangladesh evaluated the knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of CHWs related to cancer detection. They found that a majority of CHWs did not receive any cancer training and manyRead more…
Advocacy Training for Community Health Workers (2021)
This free, online advocacy training course is designed to build CHW skills in advocacy message development. Community health workers can access this course to learn more about how to advocate for themselves and their communities and weave personal narratives into their work to create positive and equitable change in theirRead more…
“Part of getting to where we are is because we have been open to change” integrating community health workers on care teams at ten Ryan White HIV/AIDS program recipient sites (2021)
There is insufficient evidence about how community health workers (CHWs) are best integrated into HIV care in the United States. The authors of this study evaluated the integration of CHWs into Ryan White HIV/AIDS program sites. They found that when integrating CHWs, organizations revised, (re)defined, and differentiated professional roles andRead more…
Training, supervision, and performance of Community Health Workers in the delivery of ear and hearing care to 321 community members in rural Uganda (2021)
In Uganda there is shortage of ear and hearing care; community health workers (CHWs) are well-positioned to bridge the gap. Researchers conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of CHWs in screening for ear and hearing services. They found that 98% of referrals made by CHWs were appropriate. The studyRead more…
Maintaining population health in low‐ and middle‐income countries during the Covid‐19 pandemic: Why we should be investing in Community Health Workers (2020)
Community health workers (CHWs) are well positioned to play an essential role in the COVID-19 response. The authors of this paper discuss the success of CHWs in the Philippines, highlighting the substantial integration as a critical part of the healthcare workforce which has allowed CHWs to significantly support COVID-19 mitigationRead more…
Associations and community health workers: analysis and time trends over ten years of training-action (2019)
Strong training curricula help prepare CHWs to provide high quality care to their communities. Researchers evaluated peer education activities and found that actively engaging CHWs in peer education improves health promotion activities over time.
The role of price and convenience in use of oral rehydration salts to treat child diarrhea: A cluster randomized trial in Uganda (2019)
Diarrheal diseases are a major cause of childhood mortality across the globe. This study, conducted in Uganda, evaluates whether a community health worker distribution model decreases or increases ORS coverage in children. The authors found that financial constraints were a major barrier to accessing ORS and that the CHW distributionRead more…
Kenya National Community Health Strategy, 2020-2025 (2021)
In 2006 Kenya adopted a community-based approach (Community Health Strategy), as articulated in the second National Health Sector Strategic Plan (2005-2010), which defined a new approach for health care service delivery to Kenyans. This approach emphasized a more proactive approach of promoting individual and community health to prevent the occurrenceRead more…
The Community Health Systems Reform Cycle: Strengthening the Integration of Community Health Worker Programs Through an Institutional Reform Perspective (2021)
Because community health workers (CHWs) are key to achieving health equity, governments and CHW program managers are interested in effective ways to scale up CHW programs. Experts developed a framework based off of CHW program scale-up efforts across 7 countries and found that successful scaling of CHW programs was dependentRead more…
Governance of community health worker programs in a decentralized health system: a qualitative study in the Philippines (2021)
In the Philippines, where the healthcare system is decentralized, the support of community health workers (CHWs) to achieve universal health coverage varies. The authors conducted a qualitative study to understand how the lived experiences of CHWs were influenced by varying political and social contexts. They found that across different contexts,Read more…
Community health worker-delivered weight management intervention among public housing residents: A feasibility study (2021)
Community health workers (CHWs) are well positioned to deliver health information to a broad audience. Researchers conducted a randomized trial in Boston, Massachusetts to determine the effectiveness of a weight management intervention for adults living in public housing attending CHW-delivered motivational interviewing-based counseling sessions. The model was effective in increasingRead more…
Community health worker-led ART delivery improved scheduled antiretroviral drug refill among men who have sex with men in Lagos State, Nigeria (2021)
Men who have sex with men experience negative HIV-related health and social outcomes. Researchers conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a community health worker-led ART delivery model in the Lagos State of Nigeria. The model was effective in increasing adherence to ART and achieving viral load suppression. ThisRead more…
Brazil’s Community Health Workers Practicing Narrative Medicine: Patients’ Perspectives (2021)
Narrative medicine allows healthcare professionals to establish meaningful bonds with their patients through sharing lived experiences. Researchers in Brazil conducted a study to understand how CHWs utilize narrative medicine. The authors found that in using narrative medicine, CHWs were able to exercise compassion, empathy, and attentiveness with their patients. WhileRead more…
Community health workers’ efforts to build health system trust in marginalised communities: a qualitative study from South Africa (2021)
The authors of this study investigate CHW workplace trust, trust between the patient and the CHW, and trust in the health system within the national CHW program in South Africa. They found that while CHWs had low workplace trust and there is low trust in the healthcare system to provideRead more…
Community Health Workers: Connecting Communities and Supporting School Nurses (2020)
Community health workers (CHWs) are essential to achieving positive health outcomes and advancing health equity in the United States. Yet they are not sufficiently integrated into school healthcare systems. The authors of this article emphasize the important role CHWs play in connecting school-aged children and their families to necessary communityRead more…
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