Authors: Christina A. Laurenzi, Sarah Skeen, Bronwynè J. Coetzee, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Sarah Gordon, Emma Chademana, Julia Bishop & Mark Tomlinson
Community health worker (CHW) programs have been positioned to meet the needs of marginalized populations with inequitable access to health care. With increased technical focus on CHW work, the value of CHWs in building relationships with clients tends to be overlooked. More importantly, these programs are often reframed and redeployed without attending to the interests and needs of program clients themselves. The authors present client perspectives on a CHW maternal and child health program in rural South Africa.
Link: Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural south African home visiting program
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Home Healthcare, Rural
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: South Africa
Publisher May Restrict Access: No