This toolkit provides rural communities with the information, resources, and materials they need to develop a community health program in a rural community. … [Read more...] about Rural Community Health Toolkit
Program Development
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
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 5. Roles and tasks
Successful CHW programs are well planned and considerations about work and workload are carefully thought through in advance. This paper highlights the need to consult with local CHW’s as well as previous literature when planning roles and tasks for CHWs for new programs. It provides a list of 10 questions that can help program planners consider important issues when … [Read more...] about Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 5. Roles and tasks
Development of an Asthma Home-Visit Training Program for Community Health Workers and Their Supervisors in Washington State
The authors of this study described a CHW-led home-visit model to improve asthma-related outcomes in Seattle, Washington; they analyze the factors that led to effective training of CHWs to conduct this work. They identified that community engagement in the training development, a strong training curriculum, and evaluation of the training were important to support CHWs. These … [Read more...] about Development of an Asthma Home-Visit Training Program for Community Health Workers and Their Supervisors in Washington State
