This study engaged with promotores de salud in LA county to understand the Latinx health promotion work they perform. Through qualitative interviews, the study determined that promotores have unique insight on the community they serve but struggle to find opportunities for professional growth. The study recommends strengthening community-based capacity for advancing Latinx … [Read more...] about Laboring With the Heart: Promotoras’ Transformations, Professional Challenges, and Relationships With Communities
Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era 8. Incentives and remuneration
Incentives and remuneration are core issues that affect the performance of individual CHWs and of CHW programs. This paper details case study data about CHW compensation and incentives in 29 national CHW programmes, describing the range and types of incentives offered to CHWs and the underlying factors affecting CHW motivation in a number of different domains. The findings … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era 8. Incentives and remuneration
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 2. Planning, coordination, and partnerships.
Community health worker (CHW) programs are often hindered by weak health systems, poor planning, lack of coordination, and failed partnerships. Through key consultations with government leaders and other public health experts, and a non-comprehensive literature review, this paper determined that CHW interventions should be integrated into formal health systems and, with strong … [Read more...] about Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 2. Planning, coordination, and partnerships.
A Community Health Worker–Led Multicomponent Program to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening in South Asian Women: A Cluster RCT
South Asian women in Hong Kong have low cervical cancer screening uptake because of multiple barriers to utilizing health services. This study evaluates the effects of a community health worker−led intervention on improving cervical cancer screening uptake in this population. The study population received a 3 month intervention from CHWs with standardized training. The study … [Read more...] about A Community Health Worker–Led Multicomponent Program to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening in South Asian Women: A Cluster RCT
Community- based maternal and newborn interventions in Africa: Systematic review
Most neonatal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly in Sub-saharan Africa. CHWs often encourage delivery in healthcare facilities and ensure timely referral of mothers and newborns. Through a systematic review, the authors of this paper found that the main components of the antenatal, delivery and postnatal care interventions were inadequate, … [Read more...] about Community- based maternal and newborn interventions in Africa: Systematic review