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From:Hospitals & Health Networks (Vol. 68, Issue 3)The Alaska Area Native Health Service's Community Health Aide Program is providing primary medical care to isolated villages that previously lacked such care. The program relies on village residents who are trained to...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 75, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedReported are the results of a project to promote exclusive breastfeeding in rural communities through the training of community health extension workers in rural Nigeria. A workshop for the trainers was organized for...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Donaldson F. Conserve 1,*, Jacob Michel 2, Joseph Emmanuel Adrien Demes 3, Jean Marcxime Chéry 4, Jean-Gabriel Balan 4, Augustine Talumba Choko 5, Kesner François 6, Nancy Puttkammer 7 Introduction HIV...
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From:Maternal and Child Health Journal (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedObjective This study examines the determinants of utilisation of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) amongst 2886 rural women in the state of West Bengal, India, using data from a survey of 2012-2013 conducted by the...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 99, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedObjective To review the evidence on the impact on measurable outcomes of performance-based incentives for community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries. Methods We conducted a systematic review of...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedBackground Community health worker (CHW) interventions are a successful strategy to promote health among HIV-negative and persons living with HIV (PLWH). Psychosocial factors are critical dimensions of HIV/AIDS care...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedTo explore the association between the strength of implementation of family planning (FP) programs on the use of modern contraceptives. Specifically, how strongly these programs are being implemented across a health...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedObjective To report experiences in Bihar, India's most densely populated state, with a state government programme to train community health workers (CHWs) to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the...
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From:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (Vol. 29, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe mortality rates of infants and children aged less than five years are declining globally and in Nepal but less among neonates. Most deliveries occur at home without skilled attendants, and most neonates may not...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 74, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe potential for using community health workers (CHW) for administering timely and effective treatment for presumptive malaria attacks was evaluated in the Katana health zone in Zaire. In each of the 12 villages of an...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAlthough home-based care (HBC) programs are widely implemented throughout Africa, their success depends on the existence of an enabling environment, including a referral system and supply of essential commodities. The...
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From:Indian Journal of Palliative Care (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Maryellen. Potts, Kathleen. Cartmell, Lynne. Nemeth, Suparna. Qanungo Aim: In India, the need for rural palliative care is increasing with the rising number of people diagnosed with late-stage cancers. Rural...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 98, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedObjective To estimate the prevalence and prognosis of proteinuria at enrolment in the 27 intervention clusters of the Community-Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia cluster randomized trials. Methods We identified...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Community health workers (CHWs) are lay workers who have the potential to enhance services to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) and improve the health of women living with HIV infection....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSouth Africa has implemented a community-based HIV programme (CBHP) in its primary healthcare (PHC) re-engineering strategy that aims to improve public healthcare delivery. This CBHP is delivered by ward-based outreach...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedAim To examine the characteristics of community health workers (CHWs) involved in diabetes prevention programmes (DPPs) and their contributions to expected outcomes. Methods Electronic databases including...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 97, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe lack of an appropriately trained global hearing-care workforce is recognized as a barrier to developing and implementing services to treat ear and hearing disorders. In this article we examine some of the published...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 14, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPrimary care trusts (PCTs) have been called on to invest more in training health visitors after the publication of proposals to modernise health visiting. Recommendations published last month as part of an...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 75, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe performance of six primary health workers was evaluated after following a 9-day training course on integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI). The participants were selected from three primary health centres...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 98, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To estimate the level and trend of development assistance for community health worker-related projects in low- and middle-income countries between 2007 and 2017. Methods We extracted data from the...