India’s National Health Mission has trained community health workers called Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to visit and counsel women before and after birth. This study aimed to examine whether ASHAs’ third trimester home visits may have contributed to improvements in institutional delivery and reductions in perinatal mortality rates (PMRs) between women with … [Read more...] about Associations between community health workers’ home visits and education based inequalities in institutional delivery and perinatal mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: a cross-sectional study
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Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India
Through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, researchers of this study explored the challenges community health workers face providing maternal and child health care in Odisha, India during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative approach revealed personal, community and facility level challenges, such as stress, lack of community support and inadequate personal … [Read more...] about Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India
Systematic review of performance-enhancing health worker supervision approaches in low- and middle-income countries
Through a systematic review, the authors of this study explored approaches to worker supervision that improved CHW performance across low- and middle- income countries. Thirty of the 57 studies that were reviewed focused on CHW programs. The majority of successful approaches utilized some type of digital supervision technologies, such as SmartPhone or mHealth applications. The … [Read more...] about Systematic review of performance-enhancing health worker supervision approaches in low- and middle-income countries
Engaging Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) for cardiovascular diseases risk screening in Nepal
In Nepal, female community health volunteers (FCHV) provide health services to mitigate cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Using a mixed methods approach, researchers administered a CVD risk screening questionnaire to 491 adults and conducted focus groups among FCHVs to understand perceptions of CVD risk screening. The authors concluded that there is a strong potential to … [Read more...] about Engaging Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) for cardiovascular diseases risk screening in Nepal
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
