This study explored the feasibility, barriers, and strategies for context-specific agile programming in armed conflict affected settings through community-based health services in the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Community engagement, collaboration and negotiating safe passage; comprehensive delivery of services; and continued training were key strategies … [Read more...] about Implementing community-based health program in conflict settings: documenting experiences from the Central African Republic and South Sudan
Heart 2 Heart: Pilot Study of a Church-Based Community Health Worker Intervention for African Americans with Hypertension
This study explores the implications of a church-based community health worker (CHW) intervention to reduce blood pressure among African Americans. Interventions included support and strategies to improve diet and medication adherence. Results from the study included a mean change in systolic blood pressure of -5 mm/Hg, an increase in medication adherence at follow-up, and a … [Read more...] about Heart 2 Heart: Pilot Study of a Church-Based Community Health Worker Intervention for African Americans with Hypertension
Starting at the community: Treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda
While CHWs are key in identifying malaria cases, skilled clinical care is needed for children under five years of age with severe malaria. This study aimed to identify post-referral treatment-seeking pathways for appropriate antimalarial treatment in children less than five years with suspected severe malaria. Results showed that 96% visited a second provider after attending a … [Read more...] about Starting at the community: Treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda
A framework for community health worker optimisation in conflict settings: prerequisites and possibilities from Northwest Syria
This study aimed to identify and assess factors for optimal CHW programmes in conflict settings, specifically Northwest Syria. The authors assert that, to be effective, CHW programs in conflict settings need to respond to contextual factors.They conclude that while the dynamics of humanitarian funding restrictions, health system capacity and governance structures present … [Read more...] about A framework for community health worker optimisation in conflict settings: prerequisites and possibilities from Northwest Syria
Management of children with danger signs in integrated community case management care in rural southwestern Uganda (2014-2018)
This study investigated the CHW management of danger signs for severe illness implementing integrated community case management (iCCM) in a rural context in Uganda. Of the children that had been recorded as having a danger sign, 78% were referred by the CHWs as per the iCCM protocol. CHWs play a key role in early symptomatic detection, pre-referral treatment and early referral … [Read more...] about Management of children with danger signs in integrated community case management care in rural southwestern Uganda (2014-2018)