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Rural Care Coordination Toolkit (2014)
The toolkit is designed to help rural communities identify and implement a care coordination program. It also provides links to resources and best practices.
Rural Community Health Toolkit (2016)
This toolkit provides rural communities with the information, resources, and materials they need to develop a community health program in a rural community.
Rural Health and Aging (2021)
To develop practical skills and knowledge in social, economic, political, and cultural influences that impact the health of individuals and families in rural communities by focusing on improving health status and developing culturally appropriate interventions and services in rural settings.
Health Impact Assessment, step by step (2019)
To learn about the process of conducting health impact assessments of projects, programs, and policies in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, explain the steps of a high-quality health impact assessment, and know the favourable conditions for successful health impact assessment implementation.
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Zimbabwe (2019)
In 2019, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe first introduced a community health program in 1981. The program required Village Health Workers to work threeRead more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Zambia (2018)
In 2018, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Zambia. Zambia launched their Community Health Assistant program in 2012. In Zambia, CHAs earn approximately $465 U.S. dollars perRead more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Uganda (2018)
In 2018, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda. In 2001, Uganda introduced Village Health Teams, or VHTs, to provide health management and home visit services. However,Read more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Sierra Leone (2018)
In 2018, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Sierra Leone. Up until the Ebola outbreak of 2014, Sierra Leone was on track to attain middle-income classification. AsRead more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Malawi (2018)
In 2018, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Malawi. In 2018, the Malawian government invested 9 percent of GDP on health expenditures, or 98 percent of theRead more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Liberia (2018)
In 2018, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Liberia. In 2016, Liberia introduced the Community Health Services Policy, which sought to recruit, train, equip, supervise, and payRead more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Kenya (2019)
In 2019, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya. In 2014, Kenya adopted a four-tier health system composed of community health services, primary care services, and countyRead more…
Financing Alliance for Health Fact Card: Ghana (2018)
In 2018, the Financing Alliance for Health produced a series of fact cards providing key information on health landscapes, financing, and community health systems across eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. The Ghanaian government transitioned to a multi-party system in 1992 and has remained one of the more stableRead more…
Evaluation of the LIGHT Curriculum: An African American Church-Based Curriculum for Training Lay Health Workers to Support Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Decision Making, and Care (2022)
In this study, researchers evaluated the LIGHT, or Listening, Identifying, Guiding, Helping, Translating, Curriculum. The LIGHT Curriculum was developed to support those with life-limiting illnesses in African American church communities. Thirty-seven lay health workers from three African American churches took part in the study. Researchers measured knowledge, attitudes and beliefs;Read more…
Community health workers providing asthma education (2022)
In this study, researchers investigated the efficacy of a home-based CHW intervention for children with asthma in Pennsylvania, United States. During the study, CHWs provided educational materials and resources to families with children with mild, moderate, and severe asthma. Overall, 81 families participated in the intervention over a six-month period.Read more…
Knowledge and attitude of health extension workers regarding mental health problems in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study (2022)
In this cross-sectional study, researchers aimed to assess the knowledge of health extension workers (HEWs) about mental health issues in Ethiopia. Researchers recruited 259 HEWs across five districts in Jimma Zone. Participants answered a 30-item questionnaire which was designed to collect sociodemographic data, knowledge status, and information regarding HEW attitudesRead more…
An intervention package for supporting the mental well-being of community health workers in low, and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
In this study, researchers organized a Zoom workshop to discuss and support the mental health of CHWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. CHWs were invited from Australia, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In total, 27 people participated. Participants identified the importance ofRead more…
Implementation of mHealth applications in community-based health care: Insights from Ward-Based Outreach Teams in South Africa (2022)
In this qualitative study, researchers collected data from 28 CHWs in North West Province in South Africa. Authors aimed to explore how an mHealth application, Mobenzi, impacted community health work before its termination. Focus group discussions were conducted with 24 CHWs and four outreach team leaders. From the discussions, threeRead more…
The usefulness of nutrition and health videos displayed on mobile phones in rural Uganda: Experiences of community health workers and mothers (2022)
In this study, authors investigated the use of mobile devices to train and educate CHWs in Kirewa subcounty in eastern Uganda. Twelve CHWs were provided with phones with educational videos about nutrition, health, and hygiene. Following a three month trial period, researchers conducted individual interviews and focus group discussions. Overall,Read more…
Iterative Development of a Mobile Phone App to Support Community Health Volunteers During Cervical Cancer Screening in Western Kenya: Qualitative Study (2022)
This study sought to develop a mobile application for HPV screening for CHVs in western Kenya. Application developers created the mSaada application to address previously identified gaps in HPV screening: patient education, data capture, and specimen tracking. Eighteen CHVs and physicians were surveyed and participated in-depth interviews to collect feedbackRead more…
How Gender Influenced the Experience of Using a mHealth Intervention in Rural Mozambique: Secondary Qualitative Analysis of Community Health Worker Survey Data (2022)
In this study, researchers investigated how gender impacted CHW experience in Mozambique. Researchers used the PIERS on the Move, or POM, mHealth application to collect data. In total, 43 CHWs participated—72 percent identifying as female. Overall, female CHWs were more likely to report an increase in knowledge and confidence fromRead more…
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