What do we know about community-based health worker programs? A systematic review of existing reviews on community health workers

K Scott, SW Beckham, M Gross, G Pariyo… - Human resources for …, 2018 - Springer
Objective To synthesize current understanding of how community-based health worker
(CHW) programs can best be designed and operated in health systems. Methods We …

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 …

Effectiveness of telephone-based screening and triage during COVID-19 outbreak in the promoted primary healthcare system: a case study in Ardabil province, Iran

N NeJhaddadgar, A Ziapour, G Zakkipour… - Journal of Public …, 2020 - Springer
Aims Screening services for early detection of patients is one of the important capabilities of
the health system with a proper referral system. In the crisis of respiratory infection of Covid …

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 …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 6. Recruitment, training, and continuing education

MJ Schleiff, I Aitken, MA Alam, ZA Damtew… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the sixth of our 11-paper supplement entitled “Community Health
Workers at the Dawn of New Era”. Expectations of community health workers (CHWs) have …

Structural and social determinants of health in asthma in developed economies: a scoping review of literature published between 2014 and 2019

K Sullivan, N Thakur - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Using the WHO Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social
Determinants of Health, this review provides a discussion of recent epidemiologic …

Innovative models in mental health delivery systems: task sharing care with non-specialist providers to close the mental health treatment gap

G Raviola, JA Naslund, SL Smith, V Patel - Current psychiatry reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Most people do not have access to adequate mental health
care, and lack of skilled human resources is a major factor. We provide a narrative review of …

A conceptual framework for measuring community health workforce performance within primary health care systems

S Agarwal, P Sripad, C Johnson, K Kirk… - Human resources for …, 2019 - Springer
Background With the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata, a global effort is
underway to re-focus on strengthening primary health care systems, with emphasis on …

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 …

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 …