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Clinical outcomes of a community clinic-based lifestyle change program for prevention and management of metabolic syndrome: Results of the ‘Vida Sana/Healthy Life’ program. (2021)
Hispanic populations in the US are historically at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes than their non-hispanic counterparts. This study presents the results of a community-based intervention, Vida Sana Program (VSP), to engage patients and community members in the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome byRead more…
The critical importance of community health workers as first responders to COVID-19 in USA (2021)
The inclusion of CHWs in pandemic response efforts has yet to emerge as a core component of public health responses in the US. Through a mixed-methods case study of New York state’s COVID-19 response, this study highlights specific CHW workforce issues. It recommends appropriate hazard pay, increased supervision, and CHWRead more…
Addressing Emotional Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Role of Promotores in Delivering Integrated Mental Health Care and Social Services (2021)
Mental health needs of working-class Black and Latino communities have long been insufficiently met in the United States and have only worsened by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts have suggested local implementation of community level mental health interventions and prevention efforts that provide culturally and linguistically tailored educationRead more…
Challenges in the sociocultural milieu of South Asia: a systematic review of community health workers (2021)
Community health workers (CHWs) are especially crucial in providing healthcare to rural and remote communities, but may face barriers associated with the sociocultural environment of their communities. Researchers conducted a study to further understand barriers that CHWs face in South Asia and found that elements such as religion, culture, gender,Read more…
The role of governance in implementing sustainable global health interventions: review of health system integration for integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illnesses. (2021)
Integrated community case management (iCCM) improves access for hard-to-reach populations by deploying CHWs to address infectious diseases, particularly in countries with the greatest burden of under-5 child mortality. This study addressed the sustainability of iCCM programs and government policies. Through a systematic review, the study determined that countries that adaptRead more…
Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment. (2021)
Uganda’s CHWs, Village Health Teams (VHT), support village health information access and some primary health care. However, these programs are often underfunded contributing to higher rates of attrition within these teams. Through focus groups and in-depth interviews with CHWs and other key stakeholders, this study determined preferred job incentives forRead more…
Research Assessment of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Among Community Health Workers: a Web-based Cross-sectional Survey During the First Wave of the Pandemic in India (2021)
Vaccine hesitancy threatens the great potential of vaccination against COVID-19. Community health workers (CHWs) bridge the gap between the community and the health care system and can help change the community’s perceptions.. This study aimed to understand the community healthcare worker’s intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in India andRead more…
Associations between community health workers’ home visits and education based inequalities in institutional delivery and perinatal mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: a cross-sectional study (2021)
India’s National Health Mission has trained community health workers called Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to visit and counsel women before and after birth. This study aimed to examine whether ASHAs’ third trimester home visits may have contributed to improvements in institutional delivery and reductions in perinatal mortality rates (PMRs)Read more…
Barriers to the uptake of community-based curative child health services in Ethiopia (2021)
The utilization of services to treat newborns and children has been persistently low in Ethiopia, despite being free services provided by Health Extension Workers (HEWs). The authors of this study sought to identify barriers to the uptake of neonatal and child health services and potential solutions to inform theRead more…
Bottlenecks to Intervention Scale Up: Supply and Demand Side Perspectives From a Large, Community-based Trial of Malaria Testing (2021)
Despite decades of control efforts, malaria remains a major public health problem. The deployment of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) through trained community health workers could improve access to diagnosis for populations with limited access to health facilities. The study evaluated an intervention that targeted individuals who seek care in theRead more…
Can public sector community health workers deliver a nurturing care intervention in South Africa? The Amagugu Asakhula feasibility study (2021)
Nurturing care interventions can help promote health and development in early childhood. Amagugu Asakhula is an intervention designed to promote developmentally important dietary and movement behaviors among children 3–5 years in South Africa. This study evaluated the delivery of the intervention by CHWs. Results showed that the intervention was notRead more…
Integrating oral health into community health worker and peer provider certifications in Michigan: A community action report (2022)
Oral Health for Community Workers is an online e-learning module designed by the University of Michigan to enhance oral health literacy for community health workers who serve marginalized communities. In this study, participants of the online continuing education course administered a pre-, post- and 3- month follow-up survey to measureRead more…
How Did Liberia Implement? (2022)
Over the last five years, Liberia has created a professional community health worker program, using international guidelines. The program uses 5% of the nation’s health budget and provides a wide breadth and depth of services throughout the country. The authors identified seven key factors that facilitated the program’s success: politicalRead more…
Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India (2022)
Through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, researchers of this study explored the challenges community health workers face providing maternal and child health care in Odisha, India during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative approach revealed personal, community and facility level challenges, such as stress, lack of community support and inadequateRead more…
Systematic review of performance-enhancing health worker supervision approaches in low- and middle-income countries (2022)
Through a systematic review, the authors of this study explored approaches to worker supervision that improved CHW performance across low- and middle- income countries. Thirty of the 57 studies that were reviewed focused on CHW programs. The majority of successful approaches utilized some type of digital supervision technologies, such asRead more…
Engaging Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) for cardiovascular diseases risk screening in Nepal (2022)
In Nepal, female community health volunteers (FCHV) provide health services to mitigate cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Using a mixed methods approach, researchers administered a CVD risk screening questionnaire to 491 adults and conducted focus groups among FCHVs to understand perceptions of CVD risk screening. The authors concluded that there is aRead more…
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 favorable conditions for successful health impact assessment implementation.
Creating Behavioral Change (2021)
To better understand both the theory and the practice of evidence-based approaches to behavior change through
Supporting Families and Caregivers (2020)
To learn about the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness face and how you can care for and support them as a provider, social worker or family friend, including best ways to empower them to get the support they need.
Foundations of Public Health Practice: Behavior & Behavior Change (2020)
To become familiar with the scope, theory and implementation of behavior change in the context of public health practice.
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