This study aimed to identify determinants of caregivers’ use of village malaria workers services for childhood illness and caregivers’ knowledge of malaria management. This paper looks at a program in Cambodia, where village malaria workers (VMW) have been providing malaria control services in remote villages. The study aimed to identify determinants of caregivers’ VMW … [Read more...] about Integrating Child Health Services into Malaria Control Services of Village Malaria Workers in Remote Cambodia: Service Utilization and Knowledge of Malaria Management of Caregivers
Quality of Sick Child Care Delivered by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi
Malawi’s CCM programme is a promising strategy for increasing coverage of sick child treatment, although there is much room for improvement, especially in the correct assessment and treatment of suspected pneumonia and the identification and referral of sick children with danger signs. However, HSAs provided sick child care at levels of quality similar to those … [Read more...] about Quality of Sick Child Care Delivered by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi
Effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHWS) in the Provision of Basic Preventive and Curative Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Interventions: A Systematic Review
This review was designed to find evidence of the effectiveness of CHWs in providing basic preventive and curative MNCH interventions, and to identify the factors that are crucial to their performance. The review looked at relevant English-language articles from 1998-2008 and systematically reviewed 14. The results showed that in 12/14 articles CHWs were effective in reducing … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of Community Health Workers (CHWS) in the Provision of Basic Preventive and Curative Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Interventions: A Systematic Review
Client-Centered Counseling Improves Client Satisfaction with Family Planning Visits: Evidence from Irbid, Jordan
High levels of unmet need for family planning and high contraceptive discontinuation rates persist in Jordan, prompting the initiation of a client-centered family planning service program called ‘‘Consult and Choose’’ (CC), together with community-based activities to encourage women with unmet need to visit health centers. Exit interviews with 461 family planning clients … [Read more...] about Client-Centered Counseling Improves Client Satisfaction with Family Planning Visits: Evidence from Irbid, Jordan
Improving Community Health Workers’ Knowledge and Behavior about Proper Content in Malaria Education
This article reports on an intervention to enhance the knowledge and behavior of community health workers on providing adequate education to patients on malaria. The results showed simple and inexpensive interventions can improve proper content in malaria education and highlight the importance of appropriate content when planning CHWs education programmes. … [Read more...] about Improving Community Health Workers’ Knowledge and Behavior about Proper Content in Malaria Education