Community Health Workers, or CHWs, play an important role in helping a person navigate a cancer diagnosis. This CHW Quick Guide will help CHWs: 1. Understand key terms about cancer so they can clearly explain them to others. 2. Provide quality navigation to all people impacted by cancer. … [Read more...] about Quick Guide – Cancer Navigation Foundations for CHWs
Quick Guide – Improving Communication With Healthcare Teams for CHWs
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. … [Read more...] about Quick Guide – Improving Communication With Healthcare Teams for CHWs
The added value of community-based organisations in retaining people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the continuum of care in Mali
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, providing peer support, ensuring … [Read more...] about The added value of community-based organisations in retaining people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the continuum of care in Mali
From stigma to solutions: harnessing local wisdom to tackle harms associated with menstrual seclusion (chhaupadi) in Nepal
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 volunteers (FCHVs), … [Read more...] about From stigma to solutions: harnessing local wisdom to tackle harms associated with menstrual seclusion (chhaupadi) in Nepal
Extending Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Policy Framework Through an Analysis of How Community Health Workers in India Are Driving Policy Changes
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. The … [Read more...] about Extending Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Policy Framework Through an Analysis of How Community Health Workers in India Are Driving Policy Changes