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‘First of all, I need training’: a qualitative study evaluating the Fiji community health worker training program

BMC Primary Care
Background Fiji faces a growing burden of diseases and a significant emigration of health workers, heightening the role of community health workers (CHWs) in healthcare delivery.
Samuel Thio, Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema, Bindu Patel, Unise Vakaloloma, Colleen Wilson, Rohina Joshi   +5 more
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Community health workers’ dissemination of COVID-19 information and services in the early pandemic response: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research
Background Community health workers (CHWs) had important roles mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable communities. We described how CHWs supported the dissemination of COVID-19 information and services during the early pandemic ...
Jane Oliver, Angeline Ferdinand, Jessica Kaufman, Nicole Allard, Margie Danchin, Katherine B. Gibney   +5 more
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Role of Community Health Workers in Delivering Mental Health Services in Lower-Middle-income Countries: Perspectives from the Maanasi Project

Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
Lay members of the community who receive training in providing basic health care to the community, called community health workers (CHWs), have been the focus of much research in the various fields of health.
Samrat Gali, Swati Chandramouli, Sachin Nagendrappa, Suhas Chandran, B. Ramakrishna Goud, Johnson-Pradeep Ruben, Geetha Jayaram   +6 more
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The role of community health workers in enhancing home and community-based services in American Indian communities

PEC Innovation
Objectives: Describe the role and benefit of Community Health Workers in American Indian communities as a novel solution to meeting home and community-based service (HCBS) needs.
Zavera K. Basrai, Caroline Y. Yoon, Valerie Tsosie, Ronny A. Bell, Nathan A. Boucher   +4 more
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A Qualitative Examination of Interpersonal Communication Between Community Health Workers (CHW) and Pregnant Women, Kerala, India.

Observatorio (OBS*)
Communication between community health workers and pregnant women plays a significant role in increasing the antenatal and postnatal care they receive. Guided by Social Exchange Theory and the Patient-Provider Communication Model, this study examines how communicative interactions between Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and pregnant women ...
Amala T. Chacko, Jolly Jose
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Road to health toolkit evaluation guide [PDF]

The Road to Health Toolkit Evaluation Guide was created to help community health workers (CHWs), diabetes educators and health educators in their evaluation efforts and for those who want to know (1) how the Road to Health Toolkit is making a difference ...

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A case study of healthcare services in Lurwaryizo, Mbhashe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape Province

Global Public Health
As part of the strategy by the local municipal government to improve health services in Lurwaryizo community in Mbhashe Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa, an investigation of the current healthcare delivery available to the ...
Chidy Akunwafor, Musa Zuma, Iyabo Obasanjo   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Community Health Workers [PDF]

, 2018
What is the evidence on the current use and role of community health workers in DRC and wider international systematic evidence on what works?
Kerry Millington (210010)
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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 ...
MacKeller, Jacqueline, Magavern, Sam, Bauer Walker, Jessica   +2 more
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Dental auxiliaries versus community health workers: similarities and contrasts

Revista de Odontologia da UNESP
INTRODUCTION: The dental auxiliaries and the community health workers (CHWs) are practitioners that represent an important part in the Family Health Policy in Brazil and have several tasks.
Simone De Melo Costa, Flávia Ferreira Araújo   +1 more
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