"Like a doctor, like a brother": Achieving competence amongst lay health workers delivering community-based rehabilitation for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundThere are gaps in our understanding of how non-specialists, such as lay health workers, can achieve core competencies to deliver psychosocial interventions in low- and middle-income countries.MethodsWe conducted a 12-month mixed-methods study ...
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Trained lay health workers reduce common mental disorder symptoms of adults with suicidal ideation in Zimbabwe: a cohort study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Suicidal ideation may lead to deliberate self-harm which increases the risk of death by suicide. Globally, the main cause of deliberate self-harm is depression. The aim of this study was to explore prevalence of, and risk factors for, suicidal
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Competency building for lay health workers is an intangible force driving basic public health services in Southwest China [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Providing universal basic public health services (BPHS) for residents is the main goal of the new health reform in China. Lay health workers (LHWs) in primary health care (PHC) sectors play key roles in BPHS delivery. The competency of LHWs is
Shengxiang Liang +11 more
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Are vaccination programmes delivered by lay health workers cost-effective? A systematic review [PDF]
Human Resources for Health, 2009 Background A recently updated Cochrane systematic review on the effects of lay or community health workers (LHWs) in primary and community health care concluded that LHW interventions could lead to promising benefits in the promotion of childhood ...
Lewin Simon +4 more
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Improving uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD with lay health workers: feasibility of a clinical trial [PDF]
International Journal of COPD, 2019 Patrick White,1 Gill Gilworth,1 Simon Lewin,2,3 Lauren Hogg,4 Rachel Tuffnell,5 Stephanie JC Taylor,6 Nicholas S Hopkinson,7 Nicholas Hart,8 Sally J Singh,9 Alison J Wright10 1Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Population Health and
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People in Public Health - a study of approaches to develop and support people in public health roles [PDF]
, 2010 ‘People in Public Health’ is a study about approaches to develop and support lay people in public health roles. The use of participatory approaches in public health programmes, both in national and international contexts, is well established and seen as ...
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Evaluation of the LIGHT Curriculum: An African American Church-Based Curriculum for Training Lay Health Workers to Support Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Decision Making, and Care. [PDF]
J Palliat Med, 2022 Johnson J, Hayden T, Taylor LA.
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LIGHT: A Church-Based Curriculum for Training African American Lay Health Workers to Support Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Decision-Making. [PDF]
Health Equity, 2020 Johnson JC +4 more
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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 +13 more
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An Evaluation of the Bradford District Health Trainers Programme - Phase 2 [PDF]
, 2008 Health trainers are health workers who offer one-to-one support to help individuals make changes to improve their health. The government regards health trainers as being an important mechanism to help tackle health inequalities through improving access ...
Lowcock, D, South, J, Kime, NH
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