This database offers a variety of medically-reviewed educational materials regarding COVID-19. Visitors will find resources related to: emergency response, risk mitigation and community engagement, case finding, surveillance, public health prevention measures, infection prevention and control, lab testing, case management, and societal response. … [Read more...] about Quality assured COVID-19 Library of resources for community-based health workers
Uganda
Performance of community health workers and associated factors in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda
Conducted in rural Uganda, this cross-sectional qualitative study evaluated CHW performance and elements associated with performance among 201 CHWs. . Results indicated that only 19.9% of the CHWs performed well and that 90.3% of CHWs ran out of necessary medication in the 6 months before the study. Furthermore, of the 98.5% of CHWs that stressed the importance of motivation in … [Read more...] about Performance of community health workers and associated factors in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda
The first mile: community experience of outbreak control during an Ebola outbreak in Luwero District, Uganda
In 2012, Uganda implemented an Ebola outbreak control initiative using community health workers and social mobilization approaches to curb the outbreak. This ethnographic study assessed community perspectives of the ebola control initiative. It found skepticism and distrust among community members about biomedical explanations for Ebola and about community health workers, who … [Read more...] about The first mile: community experience of outbreak control during an Ebola outbreak in Luwero District, Uganda
An educational intervention in rural Uganda: Risk-targeted home talks by village health workers
This study analyzed the retention of health information delivered through a family home health talk approach. Village health workers (VHWs) counseled high-risk families in their homes on targeted health topics and selected control topics. Results indicated that although overall retention was low, participants retained more knowledge at 3 months on topics directly related to … [Read more...] about An educational intervention in rural Uganda: Risk-targeted home talks by village health workers
Development assistance for community health workers in 114 low- and middle-income countries, 2007–2017
To grow and be sustained, CHW programs require funding. This study analyzed Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data from 2007 to 2017 to evaluate investments in CHW programs. The results indicated that funds for CHW programs represent a small fraction of investments in public health development, and have reduced in recent years. The researchers called for … [Read more...] about Development assistance for community health workers in 114 low- and middle-income countries, 2007–2017
