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Task-shifting HIV counselling and testing services in Zambia: the role of lay counsellors

Human Resources for Health, 2009
Background The human resource shortage in Zambia is placing a heavy burden on the few health care workers available at health facilities. The Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership began training and placing community volunteers as lay ...
Kapanda Paul, Nyirenda Lameck, Kasonde Prisca, Simumba Caroline, Schwarzwalder Alison, Torpey Kwasi, Sanjana Parsa, Kakungu-Simpungwe Matilda, Kabaso Mushota, Thompson Catherine   +9 more
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Improving health and well-being through community health champions: a thematic evaluation of a programme in Yorkshire and Humber. [PDF]

, 2013
AIMS: The contribution that lay people can make to the public health agenda is being increasingly recognised in research and policy literature. This paper examines the role of lay workers (referred to as 'community health champions') involved in ...
White, J, South, J, Woodall, J
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Application of the community health worker model in adult asthma and COPD in the U.S.: a systematic review

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background With rising medical costs, stakeholders and healthcare professionals are exploring community-based solutions to relieve the burden of chronic diseases and reduce health care spending. The community health worker (CHW) model is one example that
Trisha M. Parekh, Carla R. Copeland, Mark T. Dransfield, Andrea Cherrington   +3 more
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Development and evaluation of a tailored mHealth parenting program for multicultural families: a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveHealth management of children during early childhood requires substantial information. Multicultural families find it difficult to obtain and use parenting-relevant information for their young children.
Hyunmi Son, Gyumin Han
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Needs and challenges of lay community health workers in a palliative care environment for orphans and vulnerable children

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2017
Introduction: The escalation of HIV/AIDS infections in the last decade has increased the need for palliative care community organizations to care for orphans and vulnerable children, who are in dire need of support.
Bonita Bernice Visagie, Jace Pillay
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Lay health worker experiences administering a multi-level combination intervention to improve PMTCT retention

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The recent scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services has rapidly accelerated antiretroviral therapy (ART) uptake among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa.
Abby DiCarlo, Ruby Fayorsey, Masila Syengo, Duncan Chege, Martin Sirengo, William Reidy, Juliana Otieno, Jackton Omoto, Mark P. Hawken, Elaine J. Abrams   +9 more
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Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background There is limited evidence that interventions for depression and other common mental disorders (CMD) can be integrated sustainably into primary health care in Africa.
Cowan Frances, Kajawu Lazarus, Mesu Petra, Chibanda Dixon, Araya Ricardo, Abas Melanie A   +5 more
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Evaluation of a Hepatitis B Lay Health Worker Intervention for Cambodian Americans [PDF]

Journal of Community Health, 2013
Cambodian Americans have high rates of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, only about one-half of Cambodian Americans have been serologically tested for HBV. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a lay health worker (LHW) intervention on HBV testing and knowledge levels among Cambodian Americans. The study
Victoria M, Taylor, Roshan, Bastani, Nancy, Burke, Jocelyn, Talbot, Channdara, Sos, Qi, Liu, Hoai, Do, J Carey, Jackson, Yutaka, Yasui   +8 more
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Lay health worker research personnel for home-based data collection in clinical and translational research: Qualitative and quantitative findings from two trials in hard-to-reach populations

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
Aims: The role of lay health workers in data collection for clinical and translational research studies is not well described. We explored lay health workers as data collectors in clinical and translational research studies.
Julie Wagner, Cheryl Barth, Angela Bermúdez-Millán, Orfeu M. Buxton, Sengly Kong, Theanvy Kuoch, Rachel Lampert, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Mary Scully, Sofia Segura-Pérez   +9 more
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Peer-mentoring for first-time mothers from areas of socio-economic disadvantage: A qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2008
Background Non-professional involvement in delivering health and social care support in areas of socio-economic deprivation is considered important in attempting to reduce health inequalities.
Halliday Henry L, Percy Andrew, Cupples Margaret E, Murphy Christine A, Stewart Moira C   +4 more
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