This paper presents a mixed methods implementation study that assessed the effect of the supervision on CHW’s perceptions of supervision and motivation-related outcomes. … [Read more...] about Does supportive supervision enhance community health worker motivation? A mixed-methods study in four African countries.
Effect of Community Health Worker Support on Clinical Outcomes of Low-Income Patients Across Primary Care Facilities-A Randomized Clinical Trial
This randomized trial sort to assess whether a standardized intervention delivered by community health workers can be effective for improving clinical outcomes. The results showed that indeed they could improve patient-perceived quality. … [Read more...] about Effect of Community Health Worker Support on Clinical Outcomes of Low-Income Patients Across Primary Care Facilities-A Randomized Clinical Trial
How Community Health Workers Can Affect Health Care
This paper seeks to answer the question: How do community health workers affect health care? … [Read more...] about How Community Health Workers Can Affect Health Care
How are gender inequalities facing India’s one million ASHAs being addressed? Policy origins and adaptations for the world’s largest all-female community health worker programme
This paper looks at the world’s largest community health worker program, India’s accredited social health activist program (ASHA), through a gender lens. It assesses the difficulties these female workers face and how these challenges are being addressed. … [Read more...] about How are gender inequalities facing India’s one million ASHAs being addressed? Policy origins and adaptations for the world’s largest all-female community health worker programme
Factors enabling community health workers and volunteers to overcome sociocultural barriers to behaviour change: meta-synthesis using the concept of social capital
In this qualitative study, the SPIDER framework is used in a meta-synthesis to assess the factors that enable community health workers to overcome the socio-cultural barriers to behavior change. … [Read more...] about Factors enabling community health workers and volunteers to overcome sociocultural barriers to behaviour change: meta-synthesis using the concept of social capital