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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 INTRODUCTION: The establishment of effective community-based surveillance is an essential objective of all disease surveillance systems. Several studies and reports have found that the situation is far from optimal in several developing countries such as
Marius Zambou Vouking +4 more
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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 +10 more
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Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2018 The implementation of ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs), comprised of community health workers (CHWs), is one of the three interventions of the South African National Department of Health’s (NDoH) Primary Health Care (PHC) Re-engineering strategy for ...
Nireshni Naidoo +7 more
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Integrating community health workers into the formal health system to improve performance : a qualitative study on the role of on-site supervision in the South African programme [PDF]
, 2019 To explore the role of on-site supervision in community health worker (CHW) programmes and CHW integration into the health system. We compared the functioning of CHW teams reporting to a clinic-based nurse with teams supervised by a community-based nurse.
de Kadt, Julia +6 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie +4 more
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National Primary Care Policy (2017) and the roles of community health workers [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de EnfermagemObjective: To analyze the new roles of community health workers as outlined in the 2017 National Primary Care Policy (PNAB) from the perspectives of both nurses and community health workers.
Juliana Roza Dias +6 more
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Malaria Journal, 2021 Background In some areas of Uganda, village health workers (VHW) deliver Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) care, providing initial assessment of children under 5 years of age as well as protocol-based treatment of malaria, pneumonia, and ...
James S. Miller +9 more
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Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing [PDF]
, 2006 There is a growing interest in the use of community health workers in various roles in the US health care system. These workers go by various titles and names -- including promotora and community health advisor -- but all assist members of the ...
Catherine Dower +3 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle +5 more
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Community health workers and mobile technology: a systematic review of the literature.
PLoS ONE, 2013 IntroductionIn low-resource settings, community health workers are frontline providers who shoulder the health service delivery burden. Increasingly, mobile technologies are developed, tested, and deployed with community health workers to facilitate ...
Rebecca Braun +3 more
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