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“…considered ‘essential workers’, so we report to work and serve the community”: experiences of community health workers during COVID-19 pandemic in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

BMC Health Services Research
Background Community health workers (CHWs) played an essential part in providing health services to the communities they served prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they had some positive impact on community/household health service promotion ...
Uchenna Benedine Okafor, Iyabo Obasanjo, Daniel Ter Goon +2 more
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Analyzing the Ratio Between Prenatal Consultations and Live Births in Brazil: Spatial and Professional Patterns, 2008–2023

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
Ecological analysis of the antenatal care consultation‐to‐live birth (ANC/LB) ratio across Brazil's 27 federal units (2008–2023) identified an overall increase before COVID‐19, followed by a pandemic‐related decline and heterogeneous recovery from 2021 onward, highlighting persistent regional disparities and the need to strengthen equitable antenatal ...
Márcio Cristiano de Melo +5 more
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Mobilizing community assets to address health equity: Evaluation of the Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) project in Kansas

Public Health in Practice
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of an asset-based community engagement approach to health equity. Study design: Mixed-methods program evaluation. Methods: Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE), an academic-community partnership, established ...
Kristina M. Bridges +18 more
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Gestational Diabetes Awareness Is Low Among Low‐Income Pregnant Women Attending a Public Antenatal Clinic in Pune, India

Reproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Gestational Diabetes (GDM) is increasingly common and associated with adverse outcomes, yet awareness remains low in many settings. We examined factors associated with GDM awareness among low and middle‐income pregnant women in India. Methods Pregnant women were enrolled at a government hospital in Pune, India.
Hannah Lee +9 more
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Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, and expected to enhance or ...
Marta Schaaf +12 more
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Family Interventions for School‐Aged Children With ADHD and Other Mental Health Disorders: A Narrative Systematic Review

Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 48, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This systematic review examines the effectiveness of family interventions for school‐aged children with mental health disorders. In this review, neurodevelopmental conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are classified as mental health disorders in accordance with the DSM‐5‐TR ...
Bomi Kim, Sunyeob Choi
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Who are CHWs? An ethnographic study of the multiple identities of community health workers in three rural Districts in Tanzania [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Abstract Background Numerous studies have examined the role of community health workers (CHWs) in improving the delivery of health services and accelerating progress towards national and international development goals. A limited but growing body of studies have also explored the interactions between CHWs’
Mohamed Yunus Rafiq +3 more
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Living with diabetes in the Brazilian Amazon: Exploring barriers and supports for healthy lifestyle practices

Diabetic Medicine, Volume 43, Issue 11, November 2026.
Abstract Aims To investigate the barriers and facilitators to adopting healthy lifestyle habits among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Brazilian Amazon, using the Environmental Factors domain of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a conceptual framework.
Thalyta Mariany Rêgo Lopes Ueno +5 more
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Community Health Workers’ Challenges during COVID-19: An Intersectionality Study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) as community health workers (CHWs) have been crucial in providing health assistance and information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jyothi Kurapati, C T Anitha
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Towards System Changes: Experiences of General Practitioners and Nurses in Facilitating Appointments and Referrals for Africans from Refugee Backgrounds in Australia

Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Volume 37, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study explored the experiences of general practitioners (GPs) and nurses working in specialised refugee health services when facilitating specialist hospital appointments and referrals for Africans from refugee backgrounds in Australia. Methods An exploratory‐descriptive, qualitative study was conducted.
Prince Peprah +3 more
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