Even the most effective solutions will fail if they do not align with the experiences, interests, and beliefs of the communities they are designed to help. As people who are intimately involved within their communities, CHWs represent a group with the knowledge and insight to help researchers tailor projects to better fit the needs of their target audiences. Kiera Coulter and … [Read more...] about Positionality of Community Health Workers on Health Intervention Research Teams: A Scoping Review
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Community health worker interventions to promote psychosocial outcomes among people living with HIV– A systematic review
Some CHWs learn how to help people experiencing HIV and AIDS reframe their thinking about the disease to reduce depression, improve quality of life, and engage in treatment. Hae-Ra Han and her colleagues gathered available research about whether different types of training contribute to positive changes in HIV- and AIDS-related thoughts and behaviors. They identified limited … [Read more...] about Community health worker interventions to promote psychosocial outcomes among people living with HIV– A systematic review
Financing Alliance for Health Financing Curriculum
This presentation slide deck provides an overview of six key steps for financing a community health system: aligning political will to policy costing creating a "case" engaging funders building a gap analysis identifying new sources … [Read more...] about Financing Alliance for Health Financing Curriculum
Financing Alliance for Health Community Health Financing Compendium
Developed by Financing Alliance for Health, this compendium aims to support governments, i.e., ministries of health and finance, with information as they assess how to finance community health systems. More and more governments are formalizing their community health systems in Africa Financing is a critical enabler of these efforts; health system financing typically … [Read more...] about Financing Alliance for Health Community Health Financing Compendium
The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: A critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent, an accountability
CHWs connect the communities in which they live and the health systems in which they are immersed. Marta Schaaf and her colleagues identified the three main roles of CHWs in bridging this gap: the service extender (bringing medical services to the people), the cultural broker (interpreting medical services for the people), and the social change agent (helping address contexts … [Read more...] about The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: A critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent, an accountability
