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Lay perspectives on lay health worker roles, boundaries and participation within three UK community-based health promotion projects [PDF]

Health Education Research, 2012
This paper examines lay interpretations of lay health worker roles within three UK community-based health promotion projects. It argues that understanding lay health worker roles requires critical analysis of the complex interrelationships between professionals, lay workers and the communities receiving a programme.
J, South, K, Kinsella, A, Meah
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Impact of a tuberculosis treatment adherence intervention versus usual care on treatment completion rates: results of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Implementation Science, 2020
Background With the global shortage of skilled health workers estimated at 7.2 million, outpatient tuberculosis (TB) care is commonly task-shifted to lay health workers (LHWs) in many low- and middle-income countries where the shortages are greatest ...
Lisa M. Puchalski Ritchie, Monique van Lettow, Austine Makwakwa, Ester C. Kip, Sharon E. Straus, Harry Kawonga, Jemila S. Hamid, Gerald Lebovic, Kevin E. Thorpe, Merrick Zwarenstein, Michael J. Schull, Adrienne K. Chan, Alexandra Martiniuk, Vanessa van Schoor   +13 more
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Task-sharing with artificial intelligence: a design hypothesis for an Emergency Unit in sub-Saharan Africa

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa, there is a significant unmet need for emergency care, with a shortage of trained providers. One model to increase the number of providers is to task-share: roles traditionally filled by clinicians are shared with lay workers who ...
Camillo Lamanna
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Lay health worker as interventionist training: reflective writing in US family health promotion practice

Health Promotion International, 2021
Summary Lay health worker-led health promotion interventions are well received within racial and ethnic minority communities. Increasing numbers of trained lay health workers will be needed to meet global health goals. The purpose of this process evaluation was to gain insights about how lay health worker as interventionists used theory ...
Sonja J Meiers, Evan Dyce, Mark L Wieland, Christi Patten, Matthew M Clark, Marcelo M K Hanza, Carrie Bronars, Julie A Nigon, Irene G Sia   +8 more
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Farm worker injuries on Western Cape fruit farms: The role of the Lay Health Worker

Curationis, 2005
Aim and method: An exploratory and descriptive study to obtain basic data on the extent, nature, sources and severity of injuries sustained on fruit farms was conducted. The possibility of utilizing lay health workers (LHWs) on farms to document routine information on injuries was also investigated.
S Marais, A Kritzinger
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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
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Benefits arising from lay involvement in community-based public health initiatives: The experience from community nutrition [PDF]

Aims: To explore the experiences of lay food and health workers (LFHW) and professionals involved in delivering local food and health initiatives, to improve understanding of the perceived benefits associated with their involvement and wider ...
Kennedy, Lynne
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Lay health coaching intervention for older adults with chronic diseases: study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Trials
Background A large proportion of older adults suffer from chronic diseases. Health coaching is a promising intervention that enhances individuals’ health knowledge and supports changes in health behaviours.
Edwin K. H. Chung, Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Hera Hiu-Wah Leung, Dannii Y. Yeung, Eng-Kiong Yeoh, Frank Youhua Chen   +5 more
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Lay health worker training program for Syrian refugees in Turkey [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2017
[Abstract Not Available]
Simsek, Z., Kayi, I., Yildirimkaya, G.
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Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
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