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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
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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
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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
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Thirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic review of the impact of community health workers delivering curative interventions against malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Over thirty years have passed since the Alma-Ata Declaration on primary health care in 1978. Many governments in the first decade following the declaration responded by developing national programmes of community health workers (CHWs), but ...
Le May Alex, Alex Le May, Lewin, Simon, Jason B Christopher, Christopher, Jason B, Le May, Alex, Ross, David A, Simon Lewin, Lewin Simon, Christopher Jason B, Ross David A, David A Ross   +11 more
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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
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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
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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
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Indoor residual spraying of distinct insecticide formulations in a household‐scale micro‐mosaic format: Feasibility and effectiveness for malaria vector control in rural Zambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Densities of all Anopheles species were approximately comparable across all IRS regimes. No differences observed between treatment regimes regarding species composition of the Anopheles funestus group or An. gambiae complex. This operational pilot demonstrates the practical feasibility of IRS micro‐mosaics, despite the inherent increase in deployment ...
Dingani Chinula, Kenzo Mumba, Reuben Zulu, Ketty Ndhlovu, Deogratius R. Kavishe, Neil Philip Hobbs, Samson Kiware, Thomas Reed, Busiku Hamainza, Gerry F. Killeen   +9 more
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Integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) Into a Health Plan Setting [PDF]

, 2020
Health care has largely realized that it is nearly impossible to fully address health issues without addressing a person\u27s social needs (Opthof, 2020).
Medley, Shelly
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Malaria Rapid Testing by Community Health Workers is Effective and Safe for Targeting Malaria Treatment: Randomised Cross-over Trial in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2011
Early diagnosis and prompt, effective treatment of uncomplicated malaria is critical to prevent severe disease, death and malaria transmission. We assessed the impact of rapid malaria diagnostic tests (RDTs) by community health workers (CHWs) on ...
Petzold, M.G, Ka¨ llander, K., Max G. Petzold, Gustafsson, Lars L, Marian Warsame, Massele Amos, Källander, K,, Lars L Gustafsson, Gustafsson Lars L., Mubi, M., Massele, Amos, Max G Petzold, Premji, Z., Tomson, G, Björkman, Anders, Marycelina Mubi, Amos Massele, Premji, Zul, Ngasala Billy, Maganga, G., Karin Källander, Maganga, G,, Mubi, Marycelina, Anders Björkman, Warsame, M,, Warsame, M., Ngasala, Billy, Petzold Max G., Maganga, Gloria, Kallander, K., Björkman Anders, Zul Premji, Mårtensson, Andreas, Tomson, G., Martensson, A., Bjorkman, A., Ngasala, B., Mårtensson, A,, Petzold, Max G, Ngasala, B,, Göran Tomson, Tomson, Göran, Tomson Göran, Massele, A., Mårtensson Andreas, Lars L. Gustafsson, Massele, A,, Petzold, M.G., Bjo¨rkman, A., Janson, A,, Petzold, M.G,, Premji Zul, Maganga Gloria, Janson, A., Andreas Mårtensson, Gloria Maganga, Warsame, Marian, Gustafsson, L.L, Källander, Karin, Warsame Marian, Källander Karin, Mub, M., Janson Annika, Billy Ngasala, Janson, Annika, Mubi Marycelina, Gustafsson, L.L., Gustafsson, L.L,, Ma°rtensson, A., Annika Janson   +69 more
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