Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

K Hay, L McDougal, V Percival, S Henry, J Klugman… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Restrictive gender norms and gender inequalities are replicated and reinforced in health
systems, contributing to gender inequalities in health. In this Series paper, we explore how …

Community health workers and health equity in low-and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice

S Ahmed, LE Chase, J Wagnild, N Akhter… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely
promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low-and middle-income countries …

[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 …

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 …

“It cannot do all of my work”: community health worker perceptions of AI-enabled mobile health applications in rural India

CT Okolo, S Kamath, N Dell, A Vashistha - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) suggest that AI applications could transform
healthcare delivery in the Global South. However, as researchers and technology …

Taking stock of 10 years of published research on the ASHA programme: examining India's national community health worker programme from a health systems …

K Scott, AS George, RR Ved - Health research policy and systems, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background As India's accredited social health activist (ASHA) community health
worker (CHW) programme enters its second decade, we take stock of the research …

Feedpal: Understanding opportunities for chatbots in breastfeeding education of women in india

D Yadav, P Malik, K Dabas, P Singh - … of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Use of chatbots in different spheres of life is continuously increasing since a couple of years.
We attempt to understand the potential of chatbots for breastfeeding education by …

The community health worker as service extender, cultural broker and social change agent: a critical interpretive synthesis of roles, intent and accountability

M Schaaf, C Warthin, L Freedman, SM Topp - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
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 …