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Showing 1 to 20 of 360 for “"health workers"”.
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Integrating community health workers in schools
… (PPACA) has set the tone for a radically revised health landscape in America that focuses on community-based care. Our health care system, however, has neither the infrastructure nor the vision to properly account for these demands. One possible solution is to redefine how established positions …
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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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Advancing equity in dementia care through community health workers
… These groups encounter systemic healthcare disparities, cultural barriers, and discrimination, leading to mistrust toward the healthcare system and underutilization of services. Given the limited culturally sensitive dementia interventions and cultural humility in the healthcare …
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Role of community health workers in addressing dementia: A global perspective
… dementia prevalence suggests a need for public health intervention. While prevention is crucial, lack of awareness, limited access to healthcare system and shortage of health workforce are significant shortcomings. Therefore, adopting a process that increases utilization of community health …
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Exploring the Experiences of Community Health Workers in the Dominican Republic Using Photovoice
<p>In order to mitigate the growing health worker shortage, many low-middle income countries (LMICs) use community health workers (CHWs) to extend health services to underserved communities. Community health workers are laypersons with minimal training who provide basic health services for they …
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Active CHWS: Advancing community health workers through physical activity awareness and health education
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Designing with community health workers: feedback-integrated multimedia learning for rural community health
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an integral part of the rural health system, and it is imperative that their voices are accommodated in digital health projects. In the mobile health education project discussed in this thesis (The Bophelo Haeso project), we sought to find ways to amplify CHWs' …
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Adolescent suicidal behaviour in the 'lost city' : the experiences of mental health workers
… the high levels of anxiety and stress of mental health workers when dealing with cases involving adolescent suicidal behaviour. Mental health workers including nursing sisters, social workers and paraprofessionals were interviewed: Initially an unstructured interview schedule was used to explore …
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Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) practice by trained health workers ( A baseline study)
… in Zambia in 1995 by the Central Board of Health (CBOH) in collaboration with other cooperating partners, WHO, UNICEF and BASICS. The strategy combines improved management of childhood illness with aspects of nutrition, immunization, and several other important influences on child health, …
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Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) practice by trained health workers ( A baseline study)
… in Zambia in 1995 by the Central Board of Health (CBOH) in collaboration with other cooperating partners, WHO, UNICEF and BASICS. The strategy combines improved management of childhood illness with aspects of nutrition, immunization, and several other important influences on child health, …
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The experiences of perinatal non-health workers and refugee peer leaders delivering wellbeing interventions
… of research capturing experiences of charity workers delivering wellbeing courses to groups such as new mothers or refugees. Understanding their experience could help boost the efficacy of the charity sector to deliver wellbeing interventions. As a result, this could off set some of the demand …
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Mobile tools for community health workers : an application of machine vision for mobile phones
According to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, as many as half of the world's population lack access to essential health services [1], a factor that contributes to the deaths of more than 5 million children every year. To tackle these problems, countries …
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Erdélyi magyar egészségügyi dolgozók Magyarországra vándorlása = The migration of Transylvanian Hungarian health workers to Hungary
Az orvosok és más egészségügyi dolgozók tömeges nemzetközi vándorlása korunk jelentős társadalmi problémája. A nemzetközi migráció egy olyan sajátos formáját jelenti, amely növekvő fontosságra tesz szert a kormányzati és nemzetközi migrációs-, egészségügyi és munkaerő-piaci politikákban, a …
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Methods and madness : researching community health workers' perceptions of mental illness in Khayelitsha and Nyanga
… use of qualitative methods to research community health workers' (CHWs) perceptions of mental health problems in Khayelitsha and Nyanga, two peri-urban Black townships in the Cape Town area. Since the historic WHO-UNICEF meeting at Alma-Ata in 1978, there has been widespread interest in the …
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Measuring competence among Health Workers in case management of malaria in pregnancy in Rural Zambia(Gwembe)
… a designated role and setting. Having competent health workers is one of the ways disease burdens can be alleviated, as this can be used to discover what gaps exists and trainings can be conducted to fill such gaps. Method:It was a descriptive study done in Gwembe district, southern province, …
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Measuring competence among Health Workers in case management of malaria in pregnancy in Rural Zambia(Gwembe)
… a designated role and setting. Having competent health workers is one of the ways disease burdens can be alleviated, as this can be used to discover what gaps exists and trainings can be conducted to fill such gaps. Method:It was a descriptive study done in Gwembe district, southern province, …
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Understanding health workers’ views on addressing the unmet need for family planning in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
… impacts of contraceptive use range from improved health to socioeconomic benefits and sustainable development. This study hears from health workers providing essential family planning care to women and their families in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. This region was chosen for this study as it has …
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