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The role of community health workers and local leaders in reducing attrition among participant in the AIDS indicator survey and HIV incidence in a national cohort study in Rwanda

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Retention of participants in longitudinal prospective surveys can challenging for population health researchers. Community health workers (CHWs) may help reduce attrition.
Mwumvaneza Mutagoma, Dieudonné Sebuhoro, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Edward J. Mills, Jamie I. Forrest, Eric Remera, Augustin Murindabigwi, Mouhamed Semakula, Sabin Nsanzimana   +8 more
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The roles, responsibilities and perceptions of community health workers and ward-based primary health care outreach teams: a scoping review

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Community health workers play important roles in rural primary health care settings. They work within ward-based primary health care outreach teams yet their roles are not always clearly defined and operationalized.
Euphemia Mbali Mhlongo, Elizabeth Lutge, Lateef Adepeju   +2 more
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Contribution of community health workers to primary health care performance in Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2020
OBJECTIVE To associate the strength of community health workers interventions with primary health care strategies for women’s and children’s health, diabetes, and hypertension.
Alaneir de Fátima dos Santos, Hugo André da Rocha, Ângela Maria de Lourdes Dayrell de Lima, Daisy Maria Xavier de Abreu, Érica Araújo Silva, Lucas Henrique Lobato de Araújo, Isabela Cristina Carreiro Cavalcante, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga da Matta-Machado   +7 more
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The Changing Roles of Community Health Workers [PDF]

Health Services Research, 2017
ObjectiveTo examine what different types of employers value in hiring community health workers (CHWs) and determine what new competencies CHWs might need to meet workforce demands in the context of an evolving payment landscape and substantial literature suggesting that CHWs are uniquely qualified to address health disparities.Study DesignWe used a ...
Mary-Beth, Malcarney, Patricia, Pittman, Leo, Quigley, Katherine, Horton, Naomi, Seiler   +4 more
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Community Health Workers: A Holistic Solution for Individual and Community Health [PDF]

, 2012
Community Health Workers (CHWs) go by many names, including outreach workers, patient navigators, peer health educators, and lay health advocates. CHWs help people overcome obstacles by accompanying them through treatment, monitoring needs for food and ...
Magavern, Sam, MacKeller, Jacqueline, Bauer Walker, Jessica   +2 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
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Perceptions of Community Health Care Center Workers on National Health Insurance (JKN) Healthcare Services Payment System in Karangasem Regency [PDF]

, 2015
Background and purpose: National Health Insurance (JKN) healthcare services payment system is a financialcompensation given to employees of health centers through an allocation system implemented by the Ministry ofHealth Regulation (Permenkes No.
Ganda Wijaya, I.P, Hendrayani, N. W. (N), Indrayathi, P. A. (P)   +2 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
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Health Care Workers Communication on Diabetes Mellitus Management in Hospital and Community Health Center

KEMAS: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2018
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients require DM management for life. Research proved that good quality self-care behavior of DM patients in dr. Harjono Regional Public Hospital Ponorogo and in North Ponorogo Community Health Center were still low (28,6% in dr.
Sholihatul Maghfirah, Rohmadi Rohmadi
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Community Health Workers and Promotores in California [PDF]

, 2004
Provides an overview of, and describes the challenges facing, the emerging workforce of public health professionals who carry out a variety of health promotion, case management, and service delivery activities at the community ...
Catherine Dower, Christine Nielsen, Dennis Keane   +2 more
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