The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: a critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent and accountability
This paper is a critical interpretive synthesis of community health workers (CHWs) and
accountability in low-income and middle-income countries. The guiding questions were …
accountability in low-income and middle-income countries. The guiding questions were …
[HTML][HTML] Factors enabling community health workers and volunteers to overcome socio-cultural barriers to behaviour change: meta-synthesis using the concept of …
N Mohajer, D Singh - Human resources for health, 2018 - Springer
Background Community-based health workers and volunteers are not just low-level health
workforce; their effectiveness is also due to their unique relationship with the community and …
workforce; their effectiveness is also due to their unique relationship with the community and …
Optimising the benefits of community health workers' unique position between communities and the health sector: a comparative analysis of factors shaping …
Community health workers (CHWs) have a unique position between communities and the
health sector. The strength of CHWs' relationships with both sides influences their motivation …
health sector. The strength of CHWs' relationships with both sides influences their motivation …
From community health workers to community health systems: time to widen the horizon?
H Schneider, U Lehmann - Health Systems & Reform, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Community health workers (CHWs) have reemerged as significant cadres in low-and middle-
income countries and are now seen as an integral part of achieving the goal of universal …
income countries and are now seen as an integral part of achieving the goal of universal …
Trust of community health workers influences the acceptance of community-based maternal and child health services
M Grant, A Wilford, L Haskins, S Phakathi… - African Journal of …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are a component of the health system in
many countries, providing effective community-based services to mothers and infants …
many countries, providing effective community-based services to mothers and infants …
[HTML][HTML] The role of traditional health practitioners in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: generic or mode specific?
Abstract Background Traditional health practitioners (THPs) play a vital role in the health
care of the majority of the South African population and elsewhere on the African continent …
care of the majority of the South African population and elsewhere on the African continent …
[HTML][HTML] Discretion, power and the reproduction of inequality in health policy implementation: Practices, discursive styles and classifications of Brazil's community …
This article explores the mobilization of power by health workers during policy
implementation, showing how in a context of discretion and resource scarcity they can …
implementation, showing how in a context of discretion and resource scarcity they can …
[HTML][HTML] Community health workers as influential health system actors and not" just another pair of hands"
Background: Over the last 20 years, community health workers (CHWs) have become a
mainstay of human resources for health in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …
mainstay of human resources for health in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …
Challenges experienced by community health workers and their motivation to attend a self-management programme
LJ Johnson, LH Schopp, F Waggie… - African Journal of Primary …, 2022 - journals.co.za
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are change agents expected to assist in
decreasing the global burden of disease in the communities they serve. However, they …
decreasing the global burden of disease in the communities they serve. However, they …
[HTML][HTML] The challenges of reshaping disease specific and care oriented community based services towards comprehensive goals: a situation appraisal in the Western …
H Schneider, N Schaay, L Dudley, C Goliath… - BMC health services …, 2015 - Springer
Background Similar to other countries in the region, South Africa is currently reorienting a
loosely structured and highly diverse community care system that evolved around HIV and …
loosely structured and highly diverse community care system that evolved around HIV and …