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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Community health worker"”.
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The Role of Social Capital in a Community Health Worker Model for Grassroots Advocacy
The social determinants of health continue to impact health disparities among communities living along the U.S.-Mexico border. Because community health workers (CHWs) are recognized for promoting a variety of positive patient-centered health outcomes in their roles as educators and health system …
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The emergence of a national community health worker programme in South Africa: dimensions of governance & leadership
National community health worker programmes are returning to favour across the globe. While such programmes expand access and deepen community engagement in health, they require considerable resources and support to sustain. This thesis seeks to enhance understanding of the system-wide changes and …
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Why fewer bells toll in Ceará : success of a community health worker program in Ceará, Brazil
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.
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Equitable Community Health Worker Deployment in sub-Saharan Africa: A Modeling Framework for Stochastic Health Progression
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly important to healthcare delivery in many African countries. As CHW programs are being scaled up and integrated into national healthcare delivery systems, an important policy question is how to deploy CHWs to various localities, given their …
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Improving utilization of maternal health related services: the impact of a community health worker pilot programme in Neno Malawi
… of perinatal services is to invest in community health workers (CHWs). CHWs can be trained to: identify women of child bearing age (WCBA) who need perinatal services; provide community education; encourage timely referral of clients to the nearest health facility; and undertake …
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Improving utilisation of maternal health related services: the impact of a community health worker pilot programme in Neno Malawi
… of perinatal services is to invest in community health workers (CHWs). CHWs can be trained to: identify women of child bearing age (WCBA) who need perinatal services; provide community education; encourage timely referral of clients to the nearest health facility; and undertake …
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Application of Primary Health Care Principles in National or Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Introduction Primary health care (PHC) has led to improved health outcomes across a wide variety of settings in the past four decades. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), community health worker programs (CHWPs) are an essential aspect of the PHC strategy to achieve ‘Health for All’ and …
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Community participation in the recruitment of community health workers: a case study of the three community health worker programmes in South Africa
… research investigates the nature and extent of community participation and involvement in the recruitment and selection processes for Community Health Workers (CHWs), primarily through detailed case studies of three CHW programmes, one in the Western Cape, another in KwaZulu-Natal, and a third …
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A feasibility assessment for the use of the community health worker model for inclusive garden-based food systems programming for Virginia Cooperative Extension
… and people of color (BIPOC) communities. Community health workers (CHWs) are lay outreach workers who are from the communities they serve and can be effective health educators within BIPOC communities who experience health disparities. The CHW model is underexplored in food systems, …
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<b>Understanding Facilitators and Barriers of Community Health Worker (CHW) Adoption, Integration and Sustainability Within and Across Organizations Participating in the One Lawndale Community Health Collective</b>
… investment into the reduction and elimination of health disparities in the United States, they persist. Community Health Workers (CHWs), who are trusted members of the communities they serve, can be effective bridges of trust into minoritized and disinvested communities and thus have the potential …
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Development of strategies for registered nurses to facilitate services rendered by community health workers in Hardap, Kavango east and Khomas regions, Namibia
With the adoption of the community health worker programme, the primary health care directorate of the ministry of health aimed at delivering family and community-centred promotive, preventive, rehabilitative and basic curative services to all citizens of Namibia. The programme’s services focused …
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The Impact of the Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Diabetes (HELP PD) Intervention on Measures of Self-Efficacy
… HELP PD randomized 301 participants to either a community-based, community health worker (CHW)-led DPPLI translational LWL intervention, which was designed based on self-efficacy theory, or a UCC. Self-efficacy was measured using weight efficacy lifestyle, and task specific exercise …
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Spatial aspects of infant mortality and informal workers: The case of Ceara State -Brazil
… mortality and high participation of informal workers in the labor market are living conditions faced by many developing countries. In Ceara State - Brazil, their trends during the last three decades have followed opposite directions. Whereas infant mortality has decreased substantially since …
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“A case study evaluating the effectiveness of adherence clubs in Gugulethu as a strategy for mobilizing and engaging men in HIV treatment”
… included stakeholders of the AC such as the health workers (facilitators, nurse, community health worker (CHW) and adherence counsellors), men attending the club and family members who are indirectly involved in supporting participants engagement in the AC as patients. Interviews were …
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Factors That Influence Mammography Use of Community Health Workers
<p>Community health worker (CHW) interventions promote early detection of breast cancer and mammography use to help eliminate health disparities for minority and low-income women. Data trends show lower mammography use among this population although CHW interventions have been shown to promote …
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Pilot testing models of task shifting for the care of severe mental illness in South Africa
… in people with severe mental illness. Mental health services are however under-resourced, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Interventions that employ task shifting, the delegation of health care delivery tasks to less specialized health workers, have the potential to address this …
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Community Health Workers: A Case Study of Far West Nepal
… the Government of Nepal has utilized Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) as liaisons between communities and the healthcare system. In 2015, the Government collaborated with a local non-profit organization, Nyaya Health Nepal (NHN), and a US-based non-profit organization (Possible) to …
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Inequalities in Child Health in Tanzania: Evidence on Structural and Systemic Determinants of Stunting
Child stunting remains a persistent public health and development challenge in Tanzania, with approximately one in three children under five affected. While nutrition-specific interventions have traditionally dominated, progress remains slow. This study adopts a multidimensional approach to examine …
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An evaluation of the role of an Intermediate Care facility in the continuum of care in Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: A comprehensive Primary Health Care approach includes clear referral and continuity of care pathways. South Africa lacks data that describe Intermediate Care (IC) services and its role in the health system. This study aimed to describe the model of service provision at an IC facility …
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Childhood obesity prevention in Soweto, South Africa
Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern in many African countries. In South Africa, young children in urban low-income settings have been identified as being particularly at risk of overweight and obesity, while childhood undernutrition also persists. There is a need to develop and …
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