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Urban Community Health Workers in Punjab, India: A Qualitative Study of ASHAs’ Roles in the Health System (2025)
India’s ASHA program is the world’s largest community health worker initiative, but most research has focused on rural areas. This study looked at how urban ASHAs work in Punjab, India. Through interviews, observations, and focus groups, researchers found that urban ASHAs are key in helping vulnerable people access healthcare. However,Read more…
Multi-sector determinants of implementation and sustainment for non-specialist treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Kenya: a concept mapping study (2025)
Kenya needs more trained mental health workers to meet the growing demand for care, especially for depression and trauma. One way to fill this gap is by training non-specialists, like community health workers, to help provide services. However, this approach hasn’t been widely used in Kenya. This study worked withRead more…
A Case Study of CHW Integration in Two Health Departments in Southern Arizona (2025)
This study looked at how community health workers (CHWs) are involved in two local health departments. CHWs help build trust, provide services, raise community concerns, and address social issues. However, challenges like hiring rules, low pay, limited understanding of their role, and lack of long-term funding make their work harder.Read more…
Patient Navigation Increases Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Immigrants in the U.S.: A Systematic Review (2025)
This review looked at how patient navigation (PN) programs help increase cancer screening among immigrants in the U.S. Immigrants often get fewer cancer screenings due to barriers like language and limited knowledge of the health system. The review found that PN programs, especially those led by bilingual community health workers,Read more…
The Training Effectiveness and Usability Evaluation of the Thai Version of the Oral Health Assessment Tool (T-OHAT) Mobile Application for Village Health Volunteers (2025)
This study tested a new mobile app designed to help village health volunteers (VHVs) in Thailand screen for dental problems in people who have trouble getting to a dentist, such as those in remote or rural areas. After a short training, the volunteers used the app to assess oral healthRead more…
Bringing malaria diagnosis and treatment closer to the people: economic rationale for expanding malaria community case management to all ages in a rural district in Madagascar (2025)
This study looked at whether allowing community health workers in Madagascar to treat malaria in people of all ages, not just young children, would be a good use of resources. Researchers found that this expanded care approach could save lives, improve access to treatment, and reduce healthcare costs overall. EvenRead more…
Return-on-Investment Analysis of an Enhanced Community Doula Program: Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Considerations (2024)
This study looked at whether it’s affordable for Medicaid to pay for community doulas, trained support workers who help during pregnancy, birth, and after delivery. Researchers compared healthcare costs for patients with and without doula support through a program called Best Beginnings for Babies. They found that people with doulasRead more…
Perceptions and Experiences of Uninsured Latinx Adult Participants in a Community Health Worker-Delivered Intervention to Address Depression (2025)
This study looked at how Latinx immigrants felt after joining a 10-session mental health program led by a community health worker. The sessions used simple therapy and mindfulness techniques to help with depression and anxiety. Many participants joined because they were feeling desperate. After the program, they said they feltRead more…
A qualitative study on ASHA workers’ perspective on HPV self-sampling in Sikkim India (2025)
This study looked at how HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening can work in Sikkim, India, with help from ASHA workers. Interviews with 20 ASHAs showed that home testing was convenient and well accepted by the community. ASHAs played a key role in educating and guiding women, and mobile phonesRead more…
Community Health Workers Research: Where Are We Now? A Narrative Review of an Expanding Workforce for Mental Health (2025)
Community health workers (CHWs) play a key role in helping people access mental health care, especially in underserved communities. They build trust, offer education and support, and are becoming more recognized as part of health care teams. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for their support grew as many communitiesRead more…
Barriers to seeking and delivery of essential health services in nine provinces of Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: community health workers’ perspective (2025)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, community health workers (CHWs) in Afghanistan faced many challenges while helping people access health services. This study, based on feedback from CHWs in nine provinces, found that the biggest barriers were lack of information about services, poor transportation, long distances to health facilities, and concerns aboutRead more…
Community satisfaction with the process of curative care administered by community health workers in the Boussé and Boussouma health districts in Burkina Faso (2025)
Burkina Faso is working to improve healthcare for children through community health workers. This study looked at what affects the quality of care they provide. It found that while many families do use these services, some avoid them at first, often because they worry it will waste time or areRead more…
Operational evaluation of the deployment of Malaria/CRP Duo and Dengue Duo rapid diagnostic tests for the management of febrile illness by village malaria workers in rural Cambodia (2025)
As malaria cases drop in Cambodia, village malaria workers (VMWs) are seeing fewer patients. To keep them useful, this study tested if they could use new tools to check for other illnesses like dengue and bacterial infections. VMWs in 78 villages were trained to use two test kits. Over aRead more…
Costs and cost-effectiveness of community health worker programs focussed on HIV, TB and malaria infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries (2015-2024): A scoping literature review (2025)
This review looked at studies on how much it costs and how effective it is to use Community Health Workers (CHWs) to fight HIV, TB, and malaria in low- and middle-income countries. Most of the 33 studies came from sub-Saharan Africa and showed that CHWs help deliver education, find cases,Read more…
Critical roles of community health workers in combating stunting in low and middle-income countries (2025)
Stunting remains a major health problem in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, affecting millions of children under five. It leads to poor physical growth, learning difficulties, and reduced productivity later in life. Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a key role in fighting stunting byRead more…
An Assessment of Community Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Rehabilitation Services in a Dhaka District Sub-Unit (2025)
Many people around the world need rehabilitation services, and Community Health Workers (CHWs) can help provide this care. This study looked at CHWs in one area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, to see what they know, how they feel, and what they do about rehabilitation services. The results showed that most CHWsRead more…
Implementation and Evaluation of an mOral Health Training Program for Community Health Workers in Kenya (2025)
There aren’t enough oral health professionals in many places, especially in Africa. To help fix this, a new mobile oral health course was created for Community Health Workers (CHWs) by Harvard and WHO-AFRO. This study looked at how well the course worked when tested in Kenya and other parts ofRead more…
Impact of artificial intelligence in operations (2025)
India’s rural health system struggles with few doctors and poor facilities. Community Health Workers (CHWs) help fill this gap, especially in caring for pregnant women. This study looked at patient records to see how well CHWs are doing, focusing on things like regular visits and counseling. The results showed thatRead more…
Mental Health Knowledge and Attitudes of Community Health Workers in Northern Nigeria Thirty Years After Mental Health Was Integrated into Primary Healthcare Settings (2025)
In Nigeria, many community health workers still lack proper knowledge and hold negative views about mental health, even after 30 years of trying to include mental health in basic health services. This study looked at 130 health workers in northern Nigeria and found that nearly half had poor understanding andRead more…
Physical rehabilitation delivery by community health workers: Views of the users and caregivers (2025)
In Lusaka, Zambia, some community health workers provide physical rehabilitation services without formal training. This study interviewed people who received these services and their caregivers. Despite limited training, the support from health workers helped users. However, there were concerns about their skills, unmet needs, and service quality. Training community healthRead more…
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