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Role and outcomes of community health workers in HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: The provision of HIV treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa faces multiple challenges, including weak health systems and attrition of trained health workers. One potential response to overcome these challenges has been to engage community
Grace W Mwai, Seeley, Janet, Janet Seeley, Gitau Mburu, Peter Frost, Mwai, Grace W., Ford, Nathan, Nathan Ford, Kwasi Torpey, Mburu, Gitau, Frost, Peter, Torpey, Kwasi, Kwasi, Torpey, Mwai, Grace W   +13 more
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Corona Virus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Encouraging Involvement of Community Workers in the Active Search of Cases

MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
In the ongoing Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the role of health care professionals and outreach workers is indispensable towards the prevention and control of the disease. Anticipating the risk that the disease might land up into stage 3,
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava   +1 more
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Assessing infant and young child feeding priorities to inform the development of a nutrition social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy during a pandemic threat

The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022
Objectives: This study was undertaken to identify stakeholder needs and wants in relation to an Infant and Young Child Feeding, Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategy for the 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member ...
T Turk, A Poonawala, S Shulman, P Sepoloane   +3 more
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COVID-19 crisis effect on HIV service delivery in Egypt: Hard times or blessings in disguise?

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2020
No abstract available.
Rahma Mohamed, Heba Wanis, Sonia Zebachi, Menna-t-allah El-Kotamy, Gamal Esmat, Ahmed Cordie   +5 more
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Community health worker team integration in Medicaid managed care: Insights from a national study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionCommunity health workers (CHWs) have historically worked in community-based settings. Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are integrating CHWs into their teams, largely to support social determinants of health.
Ashley Wennerstrom, Ashley Wennerstrom, Catherine G. Haywood, Denise O. Smith, Dakshu Jindal, Carl Rush, Geoffrey W. Wilkinson   +6 more
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Creating information resources and trainings for farmworker-serving community health workers

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022
Background: Farmworker-serving community health workers have limited access to farmworker health research findings, training, and education resources. With funding from the National Library of Medicine, we are working to improve the health information ...
Jamie E. Bloss, Catherine E. LePrevost, Leslie E. Cofie, Joseph G. L. Lee   +3 more
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On the front line of primary health care: the profile of community health workers in rural Quechua communities in Peru. [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of community health workers--health promoters, traditional birth attendants and traditional healers--in rural Quechua communities from Ayacucho, Peru. METHODS: Basic quantitative and qualitative information was gathered
Miranda J Jaime, Malca Rosa, Brown, R. P., Angela Brown, Zumaran Adriana, Brown Angela, Adriana Zumaran, Brown, Angela, Miranda, J Jaime, Malca, Rosa, Zumaran, Adriana, Rosa Malca, J Jaime Miranda, Bulman, T. J.   +13 more
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Evaluating the impact of community health worker certification in Massachusetts: Design, methods, and anticipated results of the Massachusetts community health worker workforce survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundProfessional certification of community health workers (CHWs) is a debated topic. Although intended to promote CHWs, certification may have unintended impacts given the grassroots nature of the workforce.
Victoria M. Nielsen, W. W. Sanouri Ursprung, Glory Song, Gail Hirsch, Theresa Mason, Claire Santarelli, Erica Guimaraes, Erica Marshall, Caitlin G. Allen, Pei-Pei Lei, Diane Brown, Bittie Behl-Chadha   +11 more
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS: FOUR LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNITY-BASED WORKERS

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2007
Although the Department of Health has been using community health workers since 1994 (Friedman, 2002), it was not until 2003 that the South African government introduced the Community Development Workers Initiative (Department of Provincial and Local ...
Deidré van Rooyen
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The ‘community’ in community case management of childhood illnesses in Malawi [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2016
Background: Malawi has achieved a remarkable feat in reducing its under-5 mortality in time to meet its MDG 4 target despite high levels of poverty, low female literacy rates, recurrent economic crises, a severe shortage of human resources for health ...
Wanga Z. Zembe-Mkabile, Debra Jackson, David Sanders, Donela Besada, Karen Daniels, Texas Zamasiya, Tanya Doherty   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source