Ongoing training of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review of the literature

J O'Donovan, C O'Donovan, I Kuhn, SE Sachs… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Understanding the current landscape of ongoing training for community health
workers (CHWs) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is important both for …

[PDF][PDF] Global atlas of cardiovascular disease

H Thomas, J Diamond, A Vieco, S Chaudhuri… - Glob …, 2018 - globalheartjournal.com
The Global Heart/World Heart Federation 1990-2010 Global Atlas of Cardiovascular
Disease (CVD) charted the transition from a global burden of disease dominated by …

[HTML][HTML] Approaches and outcomes of community health worker's interventions for hypertension management and control in low-income and middle-income countries …

GW Mbuthia, K Magutah, J Pellowski - BMJ open, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives To critically appraise the scope, content and outcomes of community health
worker (CHW) interventions designed to reduce blood pressure (BP) in low-income and …

Assessment of barriers and facilitators to the delivery of care for noncommunicable diseases by nonphysician health workers in low-and middle-income countries: a …

DJ Heller, A Kumar, SP Kishore, CR Horowitz… - JAMA Network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
are the leading causes of mortality in low-and middle-income countries. Previous studies …

Evaluation of a training program of hypertension for accredited social health activists (ASHA) in rural India

M Abdel-All, AG Thrift, M Riddell… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause
of premature death and disability in India. Since access to health services is poor in rural …

[HTML][HTML] Hearing care across the life course provided in the community

JJ Suen, K Bhatnagar, SD Emmett… - Bulletin of the World …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fundamental to communication for many people, hearing serves as a connector throughout
our lives. The loss of hearing has repercussions on individuals, families and societies. With …

A household-based community health worker programme for non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and maternal health: a stepped-wedge …

EB Wroe, B Nhlema, EL Dunbar, AV Kulinkina… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are a valuable component of
primary care in resource-poor settings. The evidence supporting their effectiveness …

Physical activity and sedentary behavior among school-going adolescents in low-and middle-income countries: insights from the global school-based health survey

H Li, W Zhang, J Yan - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background The Global School Student Health Survey (GSHS) is being carried out by
students in various countries across the globe to advance improved health programs for …

Training-of-trainers program for community health workers involved in an innovative and community-based intervention against malaria among goldminers in the …

C Carboni, IJ Maroto, M Galindo, L Plessis… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction An innovative and community-based intervention is implemented in the Guiana
Shield to eliminate malaria among people involved in artisanal and small-scale gold mining …

Community health workers in palliative care provision in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review of the literature

MKC MacRae, O Fazal, J O'Donovan - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are currently deployed in improving access
to palliative care in a limited number of low-income or middle-income countries (LMICs) …