CHW Associations lead workforce advocacy, ensuring workforce development, enhancing equity and helping improve employment opportunities and working conditions. Creating functioning and sustainable associations is difficult and there is so much that associations can learn from one another, even across countries. CHW Central is collecting information from CHW associations, … [Read more...] about CHW Catalog
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Kenya National Community Health Strategy, 2020-2025
In 2006 Kenya adopted a community-based approach (Community Health Strategy), as articulated in the second National Health Sector Strategic Plan (2005-2010), which defined a new approach for health care service delivery to Kenyans. This approach emphasized a more proactive approach of promoting individual and community health to prevent the occurrence of diseases. The Kenya … [Read more...] about Kenya National Community Health Strategy, 2020-2025
Perspectives on Workforce Development Needs for Community Health Workers (CHWs): Results from a Statewide Survey of CHW Employers
This mixed-methods cross-sectional study conducted in Texas, USA, aimed to elucidate characteristics of CHW programs to further understand their needs. CHWs must be state-certified to provide health education and conduct health promotion activities within their communities. They are viewed as essential to the multidisciplinary healthcare team in Texas. Respondents expressed a … [Read more...] about Perspectives on Workforce Development Needs for Community Health Workers (CHWs): Results from a Statewide Survey of CHW Employers
Zambia National Community Health Strategy, 2019-2021
The overarching goal of the National Community Health Strategy (NHCS) 2019 - 2021 is to contribute to the achievement of the Ministry of Health's legacy goals outlined in the NHSP 2017 – 2021. This will be done by improving access to health services at the community level. The NCHS aims to reposition and expand the current cadre of frontline workers in the formal sector, and … [Read more...] about Zambia National Community Health Strategy, 2019-2021
Promoting Gender Responsive Policies and Programmes for Community Health Workers: a Gender Analysis Framework
Informal occupational roles with the lowest pay and the least power have been dominated by women. Recent findings from Afghanistan showed that male CHWs were praised for their volunteer work while female CHWs doing similar work were not praised as their efforts were viewed “expected” (Najafizada et al. 2019). COVID-19 has further highlighted the gendered nature of the … [Read more...] about Promoting Gender Responsive Policies and Programmes for Community Health Workers: a Gender Analysis Framework
