Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low-and middle-income countries? A systematic review

MC Kok, M Dieleman, M Taegtmeyer… - Health policy and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of
the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low-and middle-income …

Health workforce skill mix and task shifting in low income countries: a review of recent evidence

BD Fulton, RM Scheffler, SP Sparkes, EY Auh… - Human resources for …, 2011 - Springer
Background Health workforce needs-based shortages and skill mix imbalances are
significant health workforce challenges. Task shifting, defined as delegating tasks to existing …

[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 …

Supervising community health workers in low-income countries–a review of impact and implementation issues

Z Hill, M Dumbaugh, L Benton, K Källander… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are an increasingly important component of
health systems and programs. Despite the recognized role of supervision in ensuring CHWs …

Increased cell division but not thymic dysfunction rapidly affects the T-cell receptor excision circle content of the naive T cell population in HIV-1 infection

MD Hazenberg, SA Otto, JWT Stuart, M Verschuren… - Nature medicine, 2000 - nature.com
Recent thymic emigrants can be identified by T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) formed
during T-cell receptor rearrangement. Decreasing numbers of TRECs have been observed …

[HTML][HTML] Community health workers and stand-alone or integrated case management of malaria: a systematic literature review

LS Paintain, B Willey, S Kedenge… - The American journal …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of strategies to
improve community case management (CCM) of malaria. Forty-three studies were included; …

Task shifting for antiretroviral treatment delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: not a panacea

M Philips, R Zachariah, S Venis - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Task shifting should not be viewed as a panacea for the human-resources challenges facing
sub-Saharan Africa. Rather, it must be part of an overall strategy that includes measures to …

Initial experiences and innovations in supervising community health workers for maternal, newborn, and child health in Morogoro region, Tanzania

T Roberton, J Applegate, AE Lefevre, I Mosha… - Human resources for …, 2015 - Springer
Background Supervision is meant to improve the performance and motivation of community
health workers (CHWs). However, most evidence on supervision relates to facility health …

Working with community health workers to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes: implementation and scale-up lessons from eastern Uganda

G Namazzi, M Okuga, M Tetui… - Global health …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Preventable maternal and newborn deaths can be averted through simple
evidence-based interventions, such as the use of community health workers (CHWs), also …

The influence of community health resources on effectiveness and sustainability of community and lay health worker programs in lower-income countries: a systematic …

DH De Vries, R Pool - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite the availability of practical knowledge and effective interventions
required to reduce priority health problems in low-income countries, poor and vulnerable …