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Can volunteer community health workers decrease child morbidity and mortality in southwestern Uganda? An impact evaluation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: The potential for community health workers to improve child health in sub-Saharan Africa is not well understood. Healthy Child Uganda implemented a volunteer community health worker child health promotion model in rural Uganda.
Jennifer L Brenner, Jerome Kabakyenga, Teddy Kyomuhangi, Kathryn A Wotton, Carolyn Pim, Moses Ntaro, Fred Norman Bagenda, Ndaruhutse Ruzazaaza Gad, John Godel, James Kayizzi, Douglas McMillan, Edgar Mulogo, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Nalini Singhal   +13 more
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Sources of Community Health Worker Motivation: A Qualitative Study in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
There is a renewed interest in community health workers (CHWs) in Tanzania, but also a concern that low motivation of CHWs may decrease the benefits of investments in CHW programs.
Joy J Chebet, Winch, Peter J, Greenspan, Jesse A, Shannon A McMahon, Peter J Winch, Chebet, Joy J, Urassa, David P, McMahon, Shannon A, Maurus Mpunga, Jesse A Greenspan, David P Urassa, Mpunga, Maurus   +11 more
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Using theory and formative research to design interventions to improve community health worker motivation, retention and performance in Mozambique and Uganda. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being used in low-income countries to address human resources shortages, yet there remain few effective, evidence-based strategies for addressing the enduring programmatic constraints of worker
Abel Muiambo, Zelee Hill, Karin Källander, Källander, Karin, Strachan, Daniel Llywelyn, Maureen Nakirunda, Muiambo, Abel, Hill, Zelee, Nakirunda, M, Nakirunda, Maureen, Källander, K, Hill, Z, null null, Daniel Llywelyn Strachan, Sozinho Ndima, Ndima, Sozinho, Ndima, S, Muiambo, A, inSCALE study group, Strachan, DL   +19 more
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The Terminology of Community Health Workers

American Journal of Public Health, 2016
Letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Effects of community-based health worker interventions to improve chronic disease management and care among vulnerable populations: a systematic review," by K. Kim, J.S. Choi and E. Choi, which appeared in volume 106, number 4 during 2016.
Ashley, Wennerstrom, Carl H, Rush
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Design of a randomized controlled trial of digital health and community health worker support for diabetes management among low-income patients

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2022
Background: Insulin-dependent diabetes is a challenging disease to manage and involves complex behaviors, such as self-monitoring of blood glucose. This can be especially challenging in the face of socioeconomic barriers and in the wake of the COVID-19 ...
Rory Harte, Lindsey Norton, Christina Whitehouse, Ilona Lorincz, Denerale Jones, Norma Gerald, Irene Estrada, Carolyn Sabini, Nandita Mitra, Judith A. Long, Joseph Cappella, Karen Glanz, Kevin G. Volpp, Shreya Kangovi   +13 more
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The implementation and effectiveness of multi-tasked, paid community health workers on maternal and child health: A cluster-randomized pragmatic trial and qualitative process evaluation in Tanzania.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Community health worker programs have proliferated worldwide based on evidence that they help prevent mortality, particularly among children. However, there is limited evidence from randomized studies on the processes and effectiveness of implementing ...
Colin Baynes, Almamy Malick Kanté, Amon Exavery, Kassimu Tani, Gloria Sikustahili, Hildegalda Mushi, Jitihada Baraka, Kate Ramsey, Kenneth Sherr, Bryan J Weiner, James F Phillips   +10 more
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Health Worker Factors Associated with Prescribing of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Improving malaria case management is partially dependent on health worker compliance with clinical guidelines. This study assessed health worker factors associated with correct anti-malarial prescribing practices at two sites in rural Tanzania.
de Savigny, Don, Abdulla, Salim, Masanja, Irene M, Kajungu, Dan, Amuri, Mbaraka, Njozi, Mustafa, Masanja, Irene M., Selemani, Majige, Khatib, Rashid A., Khatib, Rashid A   +9 more
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Improving access to maternal health services among rural hard-to-reach fishing communities in Uganda, the role of community health workers

Women's Health, 2022
Objectives: To explore whether community health worker household-based maternal health visits improve antenatal care and skilled birth attendance among hard-to-reach fishing villages on Lake Victoria, Uganda.
Ali Ssetaala, Julius Ssempiira, Mathias Wambuzi, Gertrude Nanyonjo, Brenda Okech, Kundai Chinyenze, Bernard Bagaya, Matt A Price, Noah Kiwanuka, Olivier Degomme   +9 more
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Decolonizing Global Health: Increasing Capacity of Community Health Worker Programs

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Many global health volunteer experiences and research projects are focused on the needs of the host country participants, which perpetuates a sovereign or superior relationship towards low- or middle-income countries (LMIC).
Pamela Avila
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The effectivity role of community mental health worker for rehabilitation of mental health illness: A systematic review

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021
Background: The effectivity role of community mental health worker (CMHWs) has several important gaps in the service provision at the community level. This study aimed to explain community mental health workers' effectivity role for the rehabilitation of
Liana Liana, Heni Dwi Windarwati
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