Effects of community-based health worker interventions to improve chronic disease management and care among vulnerable populations: a systematic review

K Kim, JS Choi, E Choi, CL Nieman… - … journal of public …, 2016 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Background. Community-based health workers (CBHWs) are frontline public health workers
who are trusted members of the community they serve. Recently, considerable attention has …

Community health workers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: an overview of their history, recent evolution, and current effectiveness

HB Perry, R Zulliger, MM Rogers - Annual review of public …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Over the past half-century, community health workers (CHWs) have been a growing force for
extending health care and improving the health of populations. Following their introduction …

[图书][B] WHO guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes

World Health Organization - 2018 - apps.who.int
Addressing health workforce shortage, maldistribution and performance challenges is
essential for progress towards all health-related goals, including universal health coverage …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 9. CHWs' relationships with the health system and communities

K LeBan, M Kok, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the ninth paper in our series,“Community Health Workers at the Dawn of
a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermediary position between the …

Trauma informed interventions: A systematic review

HR Han, HN Miller, M Nkimbeng, C Budhathoki… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Health inequities remain a public health concern. Chronic adversity such as
discrimination or racism as trauma may perpetuate health inequities in marginalized …

Salaried and voluntary community health workers: exploring how incentives and expectation gaps influence motivation

H Ormel, M Kok, S Kane, R Ahmed… - Human resources for …, 2019 - Springer
Background The recent publication of the WHO guideline on support to optimise community
health worker (CHW) programmes illustrates the renewed attention for the need to …

Performance of community health workers: situating their intermediary position within complex adaptive health systems

MC Kok, JEW Broerse, S Theobald, H Ormel… - Human resources for …, 2017 - Springer
Health systems are social institutions, in which health worker performance is shaped by
transactional processes between different actors. This analytical assessment unravels the …

Expanding implementation research to prevent chronic diseases in community settings

S Mazzucca, EM Arredondo… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Chronic disease prevention continues to be inadequate, overall and in achieving health
equity, in spite of the many evidence-based practices and policies (EBPPs) available to …

Behavior matters

EB Fisher, ML Fitzgibbon, RE Glasgow… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Behavior has a broad and central role in health. Behavioral interventions can be effectively
used to prevent disease, improve management of existing disease, increase quality of life …

Does supportive supervision enhance community health worker motivation? A mixed-methods study in four African countries

MC Kok, F Vallières, O Tulloch… - Health policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Supportive supervision is an important element of community health worker (CHW)
programmes and is believed to improve CHW motivation and performance. A group …