The Lancet Global Health Commission on financing primary health care: putting people at the centre

K Hanson, N Brikci, D Erlangga… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the need for well-functioning
primary health care (PHC) into sharp focus. PHC is the best platform for providing basic …

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 …

[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 …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 8. Incentives and remuneration

CJ Colvin, S Hodgins, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background This is the eighth in our series of 11 papers on “CHWs at the Dawn of a New
Era”. Community health worker (CHW) incentives and remuneration are core issues that …

How does context influence performance of community health workers in low-and middle-income countries? Evidence from the literature

MC Kok, SS Kane, O Tulloch, H Ormel… - Health research policy …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an
integral component of the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low …

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 …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era

JM Zulu, HB Perry - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 - Springer
Background There is now rapidly growing global awareness of the potential of large-scale
community health worker (CHW) programmes not only for improving population health but …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Limits and opportunities to community health worker empowerment: a multi-country comparative study

S Kane, M Kok, H Ormel, L Otiso, M Sidat… - Social Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In LMICs, Community Health Workers (CHW) increasingly play health
promotion related roles involving 'Empowerment of communities'. To be able to empower the …