Authors: Tumelo Assegaai, Helen Schneider & Vera Scott
In an effort to address highly chronic communicable/non communicable diseases and move towards Universal Health Coverage, South Africa relies on community health worker programs. However, CHW programs suffer from limited training and resources, low trust with other primary health care workers and inadequate supervision. This study applied the model of co-production to a ward-based PHC outreach team (WBOT) that provided basic preventive and promotive services on non-communicable diseases, HIV/TB and mother and child health at the household and community level. The study found that using this framework provided a bottom-up collaborative platform of active participation, iterative feedback, knowledge generation and mutual learning.
Link: Developing a district level supportive supervision framework for community health workers through co-production in South Africa
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Healthcare, Infectious/communicable diseases, NON Communicable Diseases/NCD, Supervision
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: South Africa
Publisher May Restrict Access: No