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Community health workers assisting patients with diabetes in self-management

, 2012
Community health workers (CHWs) have gained prominence in health care, recognizing the influence of community and environment on health. This study evaluates CHWs' efforts to assess patients' readiness to change and facilitate self-management goal ...
Ferguson, Warren J., Pernice, Joan, Hargraves, J. Lee, Lemay, Celeste A.   +3 more
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Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Background: As part of the Reengineering Primary Health Care initiative, the South African National Department of Health (NDoH) has committed to expanding access to home-based care provided by community health workers. The NDOH also prioritised Community
Aneesa Moolla, Lezanie Coetzee, Constance Mongwenyana, Anne Robertson, Gert Marincowitz, Michele Zuckerman, Fink Günther, Davidson H. Hamer, Aisha Yousafzai, Peter C. Rockers, Denise Evans   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of community health workers into health systems in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2016
Background: Developing countries have the potential to reach vulnerable and underserved populations marginalized by the country’s health care systems by way of community health workers (CHWs).
Collins Otieno Asweto, Mohamed Ali Alzain, Sebastian Andrea, Rachel Alexander, Wei Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: a critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent and accountability

BMJ Global Health, 2020
This paper is a critical interpretive synthesis of community health workers (CHWs) and accountability in low-income and middle-income countries. The guiding questions were: What factors promote or undermine CHWs as accountability agents?
Stephanie M Topp, Marta Schaaf, Lynn Freedman, Caitlin Warthin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Faith Based Community Health Workers (CHWs): Hidden CHWs, Hidden Outcomes?

, 2021
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are commonly used to address health care needs in underserved populations, especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs).
Toppe, Michael P
core   +1 more source

Development of a Tool for the Assessment of Job Satisfaction amongst the Community Health Workers

Preventive Medicine: Research & Reviews
Introduction: Amongst the various factors influencing the performance of community health workers (CHWs), job satisfaction serves as a potential drive to perform better.
G Revadi, Jalindar Baravakar, Amit Kumar, Ankur Joshi, Abhijit P. Pakhare   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the gap: community health workers as a vital link in humanitarian medical responses

Frontiers in Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Community Health Workers (CHWs) have proven essential in improving health outcomes and building community trust and their role in humanitarian emergency medical responses warrants further study.
Cora P. Nally, Patrick Van de Voorde, Marleen Temmerman, Marleen Temmerman, Adama Koroma, Monique Mitchell, Mary B. Adam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community Health Worker Employer Survey: Perspectives on CHW Workforce Development in the Midwest

Journal of Community Health, 2018
A statewide Community Health Worker Employer Survey was administered to various clinical, community, and faith-based organizations (n = 240) across a range of rural and urban settings in the Midwest. At least 80% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that items characterized as supervisory support were present in their work environment.
Virginia Chaidez, Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly, Kate E. Trout   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

From Delays to Systems in Maternal Healthcare Utilisation: A Conceptual Framework Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To develop an operational, systems‐oriented framework for analysing sustainable maternal healthcare utilisation, grounded in Nigerian evidence and intended for contextual adaptation and testing. Design Conceptual framework study using narrative synthesis, structured comparative evidence synthesis and independent face and content ...
Mandu Stephen Ekpenyong, David Matheson, Laura Serrant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of community health workers to the control of Buruli ulcer in the Ngoantet area, Cameroon

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is the third most common mycobacterial infection after tuberculosis and leprosy.
Marius Zambou Vouking, Innocent Takougang, Léonard Mbam Mbam, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Carine Nouboudem Tadenfok, Claire Violette Tamo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source