Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas: investigating nurses' views on rural posts and policy interventions

K Mullei, S Mudhune, J Wafula, E Masamo… - BMC health services …, 2010 - Springer
… of any interventions introduced in Kenya to recruit and retain health workers in rural areas.
Some upgrading students were aware that rural hardship allowances ranging from KES 600 (…

Improving maternal and newborn health: effectiveness of a community health worker program in rural Kenya

MB Adam, M Dillmann, M Chen, S Mbugua, J Ndung'u… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… , and timely referral to trained health care providers. This study … health worker project
conducted in rural Kenya that sought to promote improved knowledge of maternal newborn health

Stigma-related mental health knowledge and attitudes among primary health workers and community health volunteers in rural Kenya

VN Mutiso, CW Musyimi, SS Nayak… - … Journal of Social …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… in rural Kenya and assessed stigma in health workers from primary health facilities. …
knowledge and stigmatizing behaviors in two types of non-specialist workers – lay health workers

Measuring health workers' motivation in rural health facilities: baseline results from three study districts in Zambia

W Mutale, H Ayles, V Bond, MT Mwanamwenge… - … resources for health, 2013 - Springer
… This study evaluated motivation among rural health workers using a simple … of health
worker, training and time in post. Further research is needed to establish why these health worker

The effects on tuberculosis treatment adherence from utilising community health workers: a comparison of selected rural and urban settings in Kenya

JR Ong'ang'o, C Mwachari, H Kipruto, S Karanja - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… The differences between the rural and urban set ups may be explained by the … and the
health workers. In the urban, the CHWs were able to do more home visits compared to the rural

Reliability and accuracy of anthropometry performed by community health workers among infants under 6 months in rural Kenya

MK Mwangome, G Fegan, R Mbunya… - … International Health, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… Community health workers can be trained to take absolute MUAC, weight and length
measurements accurately and reliably among infants age <6 months. However, the length-based Z …

Validity and reliability of data collected by community health workers in rural and peri-urban contexts in Kenya

CF Otieno-Odawa, DO Kaseje - BMC health services research, 2014 - Springer
health workers (CHWs) and other lay community workers collect a wide range of health
health status, and the causes and distribution of disease. CHWs’ job description included …

… of health stakeholders on task shifting and motivation of community health workers in different socio demographic contexts in Kenya (nomadic, peri-urban and rural …

BM Ochieng, E Akunja, N Edwards, D Mombo… - BMC health services …, 2014 - Springer
… redistribution of tasks from health professionals to community health workers in order to … ,
the impact of health worker shortfalls may be mitigated [1, 2]. Community Health Workers, that …

Why do community health workers volunteer? A qualitative study in Kenya

T Takasugi, ACK Lee - Public health, 2012 - Elsevier
… Qualitative study of volunteer community health workers (CHWs) in a rural district of Western
Kenya. Twenty-three CHWs were sampled purposively, and took part in six focus group …

Role of socio-demographic and environmental determinants on performance of community health workers in Western Kenya

F Njororai, D Ganu, KC Nyaranga… - … and Public Health, 2021 - mdpi.com
… purpose of this study was to explore factors influencing performance of community health
workers in Vihiga County, a rural county in Western Kenya considering the recent changes. …