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Human Resources for Health, 2018 ObjectiveTo synthesize current understanding of how community-based health worker (CHW) programs can best be designed and operated in health systems.MethodsWe searched 11 databases for review articles published between 1 January 2005 and 15 June 2017 ...
K. Scott +6 more
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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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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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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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Community health workers: reflections on the health work process in Covid-19 pandemic times.
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2020 This study discusses the reorganization of the Community Health Workers (CHWs) work process as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, considering its importance as a link between the community and the health services in the field of basic care.
Fernanda Beatriz Melo Maciel +5 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Rural populations in the United States are faced with a variety of health disparities that complicate access to care. Community health workers (CHWs) and their Spanish-speaking counterparts, promotores de salud, are well-equipped to address rural health ...
Ryan I. Logan, H. Castañeda
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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 +7 more
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The predictive validity of the Living Goods selection tools for community health workers in Kenya : cohort study [PDF]
, 2018 Background Ensuring that selection processes for Community Health Workers (CHWs) are effective is important due to the scale and scope of modern CHW programmes. However they are relatively understudied.
Griffiths, Frances +4 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor +12 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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