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Rethinking integrated nutrition‐health strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies in children under five in Mozambique (2019)
This case study highlights the different aspects of micronutrient program evaluating vitamin A and Iron supplementation by CHWs in Mozambique.
“Being seen” at the clinic: Zambian and South African health worker reflections on the relationship between health facility spatial organisation and items and HIV stigma in 21 health facilities, the HPTN 071 (PopART) study (2019)
In this article, the authors assess the relationship between the spatial organization of healthcare services and the stigmatization of people living with HIV in Zambia and South Africa. CHWs were involved in collecting data and providing their own insights into how patients experience facility spaces.
Visibility in community health work mediated by mobile health systems: A case of Malawi (2019)
The authors assess community health workers’ visibility within a technological space. They argue that mHealth makes CHW’s work more visible by showing their use of mHealth and data systems in different locations and making their data accessible beyond their direct supervisors.
Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by lady health workers as compared to an outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Sindh Province, Pakistan (2019)
In this article, a cost effectiveness analysis is used to compare outpatient facility–based treatment of severe acute malnutrition with one delivered by community health workers in rural Pakistan. The study found that facility based treatment was only slightly more cost-effective than the alternative.
Dealing with context in logic model development: Reflections from a realist evaluation of a community health worker programme in Nigeria (2019)
The authors in this article assess the extent to which community health worker programs improve access to maternity services. They use the integration of contextual factors into a logic model to frame the assessment and argue that the logic model can serve as an analytical tool rather than an endRead more…
Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect of the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana (2019)
This paper assesses the contribution of Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) strategy in mitigating the effects of poverty and low parental education on childhood mortality. It stresses that comprehensive training and provision of a package of essential are needed to achieve improved health outcomes.
Improving oral health in migrant and underserved populations: evaluation of an interactive, community-based oral health education program in Washington state (2019)
This paper presents evaluation results for a CHW-led oral health education program that uses an interactive approach to engage with participants.
Effect of A Community Health Worker led Intervention on Skilled Birth Care in Rural Mwingi West Sub-County, Kenya: A Quasi Experimental Study (2019)
This paper presents evaluation results for a CHW-led oral health education program that uses an interactive approach to engage with participants.
A community-based diabetes group pilot incorporating a community health worker and photovoice methodology in an urban primary care practice (2019)
Over a three-month period, this study evaluated a community-based diabetes self-management intervention that incorporated photovoice and community health workers to identify diabetes management approaches that work in an African American community.
The Governance of National Community Health Worker Programmes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Empirically Based Framework of Governance Principles, Purposes and Tasks (2019)
This article proposes a framework for the design and scale up of CHW program governance. Drawing from factual observations of South Africa’s community health system and theoretical insights on governance, the article frames key governance principles and outputs.
Community health workers trained to conduct verbal autopsies provide better mortality measures than existing surveillance: Results from a cross-sectional study in rural western Uganda (2019)
The findings presented in this article assess the practicality of training CHWs to conduct high quality verbal autopsies that can be analyzed to estimate disease burden and mortality in resource-constrained settings.
Performance of low‐literate community health workers treating severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan (2019)
This article presents the findings of a study assessing the use of low literate CHWs in treating uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by following a simplified treatment protocol.
HRH dimensions of community health workers: a case study of rural Afghanistan (2019)
A descriptive analysis presenting an overview of the role and scope of CHWs in Afghanistan. The article details the gaps that need to be addressed to improve CHW functionality.
Acceptability and feasibility of delegating HIV counseling and testing for TB patients to community health workers in the Philippines: a mixed methods study (2019)
A feasibility study assessing the use of community health workers in the provision of HIV counseling and testing for TB patients in the Philippines.
Performance of Four Respiratory Rate Counters to Support Community Health Workers to Detect the Symptoms of Pneumonia in Children in Low Resource Settings: A Prospective, Multi-Centre, Hospital-Based, Single-Blinded, Comparative Trial (2019)
This article presents the results of an evaluation of four innovative respiratory rate timers used by CHWs in low resource settings for the diagnosis of childhood Pneumonia
A real-time medical cartography of epidemic disease (Nodding syndrome) using village-based lay mHealth reporters (2019)
This article describes the feasibility of developing real-time, village-based health surveillance of an epidemic of Nodding syndrome (NS) using software-programmed smartphones operated by minimally trained lay mHealth reporters in northern Uganda.
Community-based maternal, newborn, and child health surveillance: perceptions and attitudes of local stakeholders towards using mobile phone by village health volunteers in the Kenge Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo (2019)
This resource presents the results of a post-implementation survey of a 2016 community-based maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) surveillance activity using mobile phones in Kenge Health Zone (KHZ), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study assessed the perceptions of households, attitudes of community health volunteers, and opinions of nursesRead more…
Involvement of Mitanins (female health volunteers) in active malaria surveillance, determinants and challenges in tribal populated malaria endemic villages of Chhattisgarh, India (2019)
This paper presents the findings of a feasibility study assessing the use of Mitanins, community volunteers, in active Malaria Surveillance and the enabling factors and challenges of such an initiative.
Community Health Workers (2019)
This short paper defines CHWs and summarizes the history and features of CHW programs.
Are village health volunteers as good as basic health staffs in providing malaria care? A country wide analysis from Myanmar, 2015 (2019)
This retrospective cohort study compares Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) and basic health staff (BHS) in the detection and treatment of malaria. The researchers find that VHVs are more accessible to mothers and children.
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