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Family support and community respect for community health workers and the association of these with CHW productivity and clinic health care utilization

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2020
Background This paper examines associations between family support and community respect as perceived by community health workers, and their productivity and maternal health care utilization in India. Methods We conducted cross-sectional surveys with the community health workers, known as accredited social health activists (ASHA) and her clients ...
Nabamallika Dehingia, Holly Shakya, Dharmendra Chandurkar, Katherine Hay, Arnab Dey, Kultar Singh, Jay G Silverman, Anita Raj   +7 more
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Scales to measure motivation among community health workers, and trust and empowerment among their clients: A guide [PDF]

, 2020
This How-To Guide presents five multi-item scales to measure motivation among community health workers (CHWs), as well as clients\u27 trust in CHWs, and empowerment within community health systems.
Frontline Health Project, null null
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Community members’ perceptions of community health workers in Melusi, Tshwane, South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in health promotion through health campaigns and home visits, and provide linkage to care and support patient management.
Rebaone K. Madzivhandila, Sanele Ngcobo
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Community health workers’ perspectives on challenges faced by diverse, low-income suburban residents in Long Island, New York, United States

SSM - Health Systems
Background: Serving as a bridge between community members and the healthcare system, community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in addressing health inequities within their communities.
Tatiana Ramirez, Meshack Achore, Martine Hackett   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging community health workers in maternal and newborn care in eastern Uganda [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) have been employed in a number of low- and middle-income countries as part of primary health care strategies, but the packages vary across and even within countries.
Monica Okuga, Margaret Kemigisa, Sarah Namutamba, Gertrude Namazzi, Peter Waiswa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Brazil's Family Health Program on Cognitive Skills

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills (measured by test scores) of fifth‐grade students. We use biennial data from national exams between 2007 and 2015, and variation in the FHP implementation date across municipalities, birth cohort, and test year to identify the ...
Pinar Mine Gunes, Magda Tsaneva
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Screening for Communicable and Non‐Communicable Diseases Multimorbidity in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multimorbidity is a growing public health challenge in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where resource‐limited and fragmented health systems impede coordinated disease detection and management. Integrated screening offers a promising strategy to improve early detection of communicable and non‐communicable diseases.
Evans Duah, Nyeleti Chauke, Smangaliso Morerwa, Kuhlula Maluleke, Gabrielle Thompson, George Obeng Adjei, Paramjit Gill, Tivani Mashamba‐Thompson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Flora of New Zealand 17: Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae), Kānuka

New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 4, December 2026.
This review summarises the taxonomic status, morphology, physiology, ecology, plant communities, mycological, invertebrate and vertebrate interactions and human use of the New Zealand endemic tree Kunzea ericoides (A. Rich.) Joy Thomps. (kānuka) (Myrtaceae).
P. J. Bellingham, M. S. McGlone, I. A. Dickie, N. Harcourt, P. B. Heenan, J. K. McCarthy, C. H. Watts, M. C. Smale, S. J. Richardson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional, interpersonal, and individual level factors influencing the usability and acceptance of the Mobile Maternal Health Wallet among women, facility- (FBHWs) and- community-based (CHWs) health workers.

, 2023
Institutional, interpersonal, and individual level factors influencing the usability and acceptance of the Mobile Maternal Health Wallet among women, facility- (FBHWs) and- community-based (CHWs) health workers.
Samuel Knauss (7069283), Ralisimalala Andriamampianina (14322134), Kim Nordmann (14322131), Zavaniarivo Rampanjato (11593831), Anna Frühauf (14322128), Nadine Muller (8384361), Elsa Rajemison (11593828), Julius Valentin Emmrich (13886127), Jan-Walter De Neve (4221829), Etienne Lacroze (8384370), Till Bärnighausen (36281)   +10 more
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