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Hidden distress: a qualitative study of sociocultural barriers to mental health help-seeking among young people in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Public Health
Mushonga RH   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Family support by lay workers: a health visiting initiative

British Journal of Community Nursing, 2001
There has been considerable research on the effectiveness of intensive professional home visiting schemes in improving parenting; lay visiting schemes, however, although often popular with clients are under-researched. This article focuses on a lay visiting scheme set up and supported by health visitors in a deprived inner city area of Sheffield ...
E R, Perkins, J, MacFarlane
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Lay Health Worker Interventions in Rheumatology: A Scoping Review

Arthritis Care & Research
ObjectiveTo determine next steps for lay health worker (LHW) intervention research, specifically in patients with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), there is a need to establish what strategies have been effective for chronic disease management thus far.
Megan W. Creasman   +7 more
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Public health skills for a lay workforce: findings on skills and attributes from a qualitative study of lay health worker roles

Public Health, 2013
To present a typology of attributes associated with lay health worker (LHW) roles drawn from a qualitative study of lay roles in the delivery of public health programmes.Qualitative research study of case studies of public health projects.Five case studies of public health projects were undertaken, reflecting diverse roles, public health issues and ...
J, South   +3 more
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Lay health workers in primary and community health care (review1)

2001
Background: Lay health workers (LHWs) are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. However little is known about the effectiveness of LHW interventions. Objectives: To assess the effects of LHW interventions in primary and community health care on health care behaviours patients health and wellbeing and patients satisfaction with
J Dick   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Cage Versus Noncage Laying-Hen Housings: Worker Respiratory Health

Journal of Agromedicine, 2015
The objective of this study was to compare respiratory health of poultry workers in conventional cage, enriched cage and aviary layer housing on a single commercial facility, motivated by changing requirements for humane housing of hens. Three workers were randomly assigned daily, one to each of conventional cage, enriched cage, and aviary housing in a
Diane, Mitchell   +6 more
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