CHWs provide critical health services to populations that lack access to services at health facilities. Well-trained and supplied CHWs can have positive impacts on health, but little is known about the adequacy, cost, or effectiveness of training models to prepare CHWs. This report analyzes key pieces of literature on CHW training and provides recommendations and next steps on … [Read more...] about What do we really know? An integrated analysis of current research on CHW training
2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
The 1mCHW Campaign’s 2014 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the Campaign’s work and identified next steps and key priorities for 2015. … [Read more...] about 2014 Annual Report: Building Healthy Communities by Bringing CHWs to Scale
Gender- a Missing Dimension in Human Resource Policy and Planning for Health Reforms
This article takes up the relatively neglected issue of gender in human resources policy and planning (HRPP), with particular reference to the health sector in developing countries. Current approaches to human resources lack any reference to gender issues. Meeting the health needs of women as major users and potential beneficiaries of health services is a key international … [Read more...] about Gender- a Missing Dimension in Human Resource Policy and Planning for Health Reforms
Community Health Workers and Promotores in California
This report, developed in The Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco, explores the role of community health workers and promotores in California. It reviews the history and background of the movement, work and practice patterns such as education, demographics, wages and training, and issues of credentialing and certification, … [Read more...] about Community Health Workers and Promotores in California
Mobile Health (mHealth) Approaches and Lessons for Increased Performance and Retention of CHWs in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Review
This publication aimed to conduct a thematic review of how mHealth projects have approached the intersection of cellular technology and public health in low- and middle-income countries and identify the promising practices and experiences learned, as well as novel and innovative approaches of how mHealth can support community health workers. The review revealed that there … [Read more...] about Mobile Health (mHealth) Approaches and Lessons for Increased Performance and Retention of CHWs in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Review