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 …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing motivation and job satisfaction among supervisors of community health workers in marginalized communities in South Africa

O Akintola, G Chikoko - Human resources for health, 2016 - Springer
Background Management and supervision of community health workers are factors that are
critical to the success of community health worker programmes. Yet few studies have …

Community health workers, recipients' experiences and constraints to care in South Africa–a pathway to trust

N Nxumalo, J Goudge, L Manderson - AIDS care, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Community health workers (CHWs) affiliated with community-based organisations are
central to the implementation of primary health care in district health services in South Africa …

Knowledge needs in the non-profit sector: an evidence-based model of organizational practices

D Rathi, LM Given, E Forcier - Journal of knowledge management, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to present findings from a study of non-profit organizations
(NPOs), including a model of knowledge needs that can be applied by practitioners and …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the multiple health system responsiveness mechanisms in one local health system: a scoping review of the Western Cape provincial health system …

T Sutherns, J Olivier - International Journal of Health Policy and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Despite governments striving for responsive health systems and the
implementation of mechanisms to foster better citizen feedback and strengthen …

[HTML][HTML] Qualitative assessment of community health workers' perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

MK Ndambo, F Munyaneza, MB Aron, B Nhlema… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the
provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral …

Long-term care for older people in South Africa: The enduring legacies of apartheid and HIV/AIDS

P Lloyd-Sherlock - Journal of Social Policy, 2019 - cambridge.org
This paper sets out a general framework for analysing long-term care (LTC) systems for
older people in different countries and then applies this framework to a specific national …

Factoring civil society actors into health policy processes in low-and middle-income countries: a review of research articles, 2007–16

SL Smith - Health Policy and Planning, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Civil society actors have substantially increased their participation in global and national
health policymaking processes since the 1970s. Civil society roles in shaping such …

[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 …

'It's in our veins': caring natures and material motivations of community health workers in contexts of economic marginalisation

A Swartz, CJ Colvin - Critical Public Health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Khayelitsha, an economically marginal peri-urban settlement in Cape Town, is home to a
number of 'flagship'public health interventions aimed at HIV/AIDS and TB. Alongside these …