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Community health workers in Gazankulu

Curationis, 1989
The aim of this paper is to give a brief description of the utilization of community health workers (CHWs) in Gazankulu. The general policy framework in which these health workers function is described briefly, and the way in which these workers function
J.C.N. Mentz
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Factors affecting the performance of community health workers in India: a multi-stakeholder perspective [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) form a vital link between the community and the health department in several countries. In India, since 2005 this role is largely being played by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), who are village ...
Reetu Sharma, Premila Webster, Sanghita Bhattacharyya   +2 more
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Workforce Readiness Training: A Comprehensive Training Model That Equips Community Health Workers to Work at the Top of Their Practice and Profession

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Recent reports have recognized that only 20 percent of health outcomes are attributed to clinical care. Environmental conditions, behaviors, and social determinants of health account for 80 percent of overall health outcomes.
Lily K. Lee, Lily K. Lee, Elizabeth Ruano, Pamela Fernández, Silvia Ortega, Carlos Lucas, Maud Joachim-Célestin, Maud Joachim-Célestin, Maud Joachim-Célestin   +8 more
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Securing grassroots women land rights through socio-cultural changes

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2022
The Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa endorsed through the adoption of the African Union Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges by the African Heads of States in 2009 is having “a strong gender component which aims at “strengthening ...
Mino Harivelo Ramaroson, Elisabeth Markham, Innocent Isaac, Frances Birungi, Violet Shivutse   +4 more
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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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Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities: Academic-community partnership to support workforce capacity building among Arizona community health workers

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has both highlighted and worsened existing health inequities among communities of color and structurally vulnerable populations.
Dulce J. Jiménez, Omar Gomez, Ruby Meraz, Amanda M. Pollitt, Linnea Evans, Naomi Lee, Matt Ignacio, Katherine Garcia, Richard Redondo, Floribella Redondo, Heather J. Williamson, Sabrina Oesterle, Sairam Parthasarathy, Samantha Sabo   +13 more
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The Use of Community Health Workers in Community Health Centers

Medical Care, 2021
Background: Until 2016, community health centers (CHCs) reported community health workers (CHWs) as part of their overall enabling services workforce, making analyses of CHW use over time infeasible in the annual Uniform Data System (UDS).
Park, Jeongyoung, Regenstein, Marsha, Chong, Nicholas, Onyilofor, Chinelo L.   +3 more
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Assessing infant and young child feeding priorities to inform the development of a nutrition social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy during a pandemic threat

The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022
Objectives: This study was undertaken to identify stakeholder needs and wants in relation to an Infant and Young Child Feeding, Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategy for the 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member ...
T Turk, A Poonawala, S Shulman, P Sepoloane   +3 more
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Creating information resources and trainings for farmworker-serving community health workers

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022
Background: Farmworker-serving community health workers have limited access to farmworker health research findings, training, and education resources. With funding from the National Library of Medicine, we are working to improve the health information ...
Jamie E. Bloss, Catherine E. LePrevost, Leslie E. Cofie, Joseph G. L. Lee   +3 more
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Patient and Community Health Worker Perceptions of Community Health Worker Clinical Integration [PDF]

Journal of Community Health, 2018
Traditional community health workers (CHWs) are expanding their role into clinical settings (cCHW) to support patients with care coordination and advocacy services. We investigated the potential to integrate cCHWs, via evaluation of patients' and CHWs' key demographics, needs, and abilities.
Charlotte M. Lewis, Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado, Juan Carlos Belliard, Anna Nelson, Susanne Montgomery   +4 more
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