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Time motion study using mixed methods to assess service delivery by frontline health workers from South India: methods (2018)
This article examines the performance of South Indian frontline health workers by analyzing their time management and identifying factors that affect their work. Around 6 or 7 hours were spent on any working day, rather than the expected 8 hours.
The effect of clustering on lot quality assurance sampling: a probabilistic model to calculate sample sizes for quality assessments (2013)
This paper uses a newly developed general framework to create a cluster lot quality assurance sampling (C-LQAS) system. This method for creating a C-LQAS system is used to design data quality assessments for a community health worker program in Rwanda.
Limitations on human rights in the context of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A reply to Boggio et al. (2009)
Trained community health workers can provide tuberculosis treatment and achieve results comparable to strict hospitalization.
Proactive community case management and child survival in periurban Mali (2018)
This analysis covers a 7-year interrupted time series that investigated early access to care and under-five morality during a proactive community case management intervention in periurban Mali. Prevalence of febrile illness in children under 5 years went from 39.7% to 22.6% in 7 years. Early antimalarial treatment more than doubledRead more…
Mobile instant messaging for rural community health workers: a case from Malawi (2017)
This multi-site case study used interviews and focus groups of community health workers and facilitators to examine conversations on WhatsApp. WhatsApp was viewed positively by community health workers and acted as a useful tool in rural health work, despite the challenge of separating social use from instrumental use.
Leadership and governance of community health worker programmes at scale: a cross case analysis of provincial implementation in South Africa (2017)
This cross case analysis of leadership and governance roles involved in implementing large-scale community health worker programs at sub-national level. The authors identified four key roles for leaders and governments in implementing these programs.
Community health worker interventions are key to optimal infant immunization coverage, evidence from a pretest-posttest experiment in Mwingi, Kenya (2017)
This study looks at the effect of the community-based intervention targeting infant vaccination coverage in Mwingi, Kenya. The intervention increased infant vaccination coverage to an optimal level.
The perceptions of first nation participants in a community oral health initiative (2017)
This paper examines the perspective of community members on the Children’s Oral Health Initiative (COHI) who have children enrolled in the program through interviews. The authors found that local, community-based oral health prevention programs are perceived by the community to be beneficial.
Should community health workers offer support healthcare services to survivors of sexual violence? a systematic review (2017)
This paper evaluates the existing studies on the role of community health workers in sexual violence services. The authors found a lack of research on the topic, though the limited studies indicate that incorporating community health workers may be beneficial. However, more research is needed into the potential issues andRead more…
Compañeros: High School Students Mentor Middle School Students to Address Obesity Among Hispanic Adolescents (2017)
The use of high school compañeros increased the effectiveness of an obesity intervention to reduce zBMI for Hispanic middle schoolers.
House Parties: An Innovative Model for Outreach and Community-Based Health Education (2017)
This paper describes the house party model. The house party model is a community-based workshop approach to health education facilitated by community health workers. Participants rated the experience highly and the ability to recognized causes or signs of preterm labor increased after participation.
Integrating CHWs as Part of the Team Leading Diabetes Group Visits: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study (2017)
This randomized controlled study looked at the feasibility of incorporating community health workers into a team leading diabetes group visits. The authors concluded that integrating community health workers into diabetes group visit program is a feasible, effect intervention.
Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study (2017)
This study investigated knowledge and attitudes towards non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among community health workers in village health teams (VHTs) in Eastern Uganda through a questionnaire and four focus group discussions.VHT members had some knowledge and awareness of NCDs, but lacked information about NCDs in their specific communities. VHTs see a potential roleRead more…
Illness recognition and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications in rural eastern Uganda (2017)
The authors conducted a cross-sectional study using 48 event narratives and 6 focus group discussions. Upon analyzing the collected qualitative data, it was found that community health workers and women’s saving groups improved illness recognition, decision-making, care-seeking for maternal and newborn illness.
Effectiveness of home-based nutritional counselling and support on exclusive breastfeeding in urban poor settings in Nairobi: a cluster randomized controlled trial (2017)
The authors conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Nairobi to determine the effectiveness of a home-based intervention that used community health workers to provide nutritional counseling and support exclusive breastfeeding. The intervention resulted in exclusive breastfeeding rates significantly increasing.
An NGO-Implemented Community–Clinic Health Worker Approach to Providing Long-Term Care for Hypertension in a Remote Region of Southern India (2017)
This report discusses the implementation of a program that trained community health workers in southern India to identify hypertensive patients, refer them to a physician, and assist with lifestyle interventions and medications.
Contribution of community health workers to surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Obala health district (2017)
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study examining the effectiveness of community health workers controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the Obala health district. The authors found that community health workers provide community-based surveillance that is critical to controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the Obala health district.
Quality improvement practices to institutionalize supply chain best practices for iCCM: Evidence from Rwanda and Malawi (2017)
Multiple interventions to improve supply chain practices and access to medical supplies in Malawi and Rwanda were researched.
Monitoring of hearing and language in primary health care: project pilot (2017)
This paper examines the feasibility of implementing a monitoring program for neonatal hearing conducted by community health workers. The results from the first six months were unsatisfactory; training may address some of the issues in implementing this monitoring program.
Community health systems: allowing community health workers to emerge from the shadows (2017)
In this correspondence to the Lancet: Global Health, the authors address the role and potential of community health systems with institutionalized community health workers.
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