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Health promotion intervention delivered by trained community health workers (CHWs) for obesity prevention and control among adult people: a scoping review protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2023
Fitriadi Y, Danawati W, Sutomo AH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Community-based health care is an essential component of a resilient health system: evidence from Ebola outbreak in Liberia

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Trained community health workers (CHW) enhance access to essential primary health care services in contexts where the health system lacks capacity to adequately deliver them.
Kendra Siekmans, Salim Sohani, Tamba Boima, Florence Koffa, Luay Basil, Saïd Laaziz   +5 more
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Developing community health worker diabetes training [PDF]

, 2012
We designed, implemented and evaluated a 48-hour training program for community health workers (CHWs) deployed to diabetes care teams in community health centers (CHCs).
Gorodetsky, T., Ferguson, Warren J., Hargraves, J. Lee, Lemay, Celeste A., Calista, J.   +4 more
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Aligning Provider Team Members With Polyvalent Community Health Workers [PDF]

, 2015
In light of the fragmentation of health care services and the need for health promotion and disease prevention, it is time to consider the important role community health workers (CHWs) could play as part of the health care team.
Frank-Lightfoot, Loraine
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Stock-outs of essential medicines among community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic literature review of the extent, reasons, and consequences. [PDF]

Hum Resour Health, 2022
Olaniran A, Briggs J, Pradhan A, Bogue E, Schreiber B, Dini HS, Hurkchand H, Ballard M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Photoprotection of Community Health Workers (CHW) of Belém-PA

, 2019
Objective: To evaluate the photoprotection of Community Health Agents (CHA) in five health units. Methods: A casuistry of 56 CHA was used, which were submitted to a self-administered questionnaire with questions about their solar exposure habits and their knowledge about this subject matter.
Malcher, Claudia Marques Santa Rosa, Tembra, Alan Luz, Amorim, Felipe Costa, Souza, Thalles Ricardo Melo de, Pessoa, Monaliza dos Santos   +4 more
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Empowering Community Health Workers With Scripted Medicine: Design Science Research Study

JMIR Human Factors
BackgroundThe World Health Organization anticipates a shortage of 14 million health workers by 2030, particularly affecting the Global South.
Dario Staehelin, Damaris Schmid, Felix Gerber, Mateusz Dolata, Gerhard Schwabe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Changing Roles of Community Health Workers [PDF]

, 2017
Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been gaining attention from policymakers because of their unique role in addressing health disparities and socioeconomic drivers of disease, and because of their potential integration into the health care delivery ...
Pittman, Patricia, Seiler, Naomi, Malcarney, Mary-Beth, Quigley, Leo, Horton, Katie B.   +4 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of a Two-Stage Sequential Screening Strategy Implemented by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Identify Individuals with COPD in Rural India. [PDF]

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 2021
Jarhyan P, Hutchinson A, Khatkar R, Kondal D, Botti M, Prabhakaran D, Mohan S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Designing a Community Health Worker (CHW) Certificate Training that Centers Marginalized Youth’s Health and Wellness

Journal of Community Medicine and Health Solutions
The genesis of the youth Community Health Worker (CHW) and Citizen/Community Science (CS) training is rooted in interdisciplinary research and the lived experiences of families in Chicago and Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Mendenhall and colleagues’ (Drs. Robinson, Roberts and Rodriquez-Zas) South Chicago’s Black Mothers’ Resiliency Project provide dinsights ...
Ruby Mendenhall, Tramayne Butler-DeLong, Meggan J Lee, Kiara Langford   +3 more
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