Community health workers as influential health system actors and not" just another pair of hands"

S Kane, A Radkar, M Gadgil… - International Journal of …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Over the last 20 years, community health workers (CHWs) have become a
mainstay of human resources for health in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Effect of a community health worker–delivered parental education and counseling intervention on Anemia cure rates in rural Indian children: A pragmatic cluster …

AS Shet, M Zwarenstein, A Rao, P Jebaraj… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Iron deficiency anemia, the largest cause of anemia worldwide, adversely affects
cognitive development in children. Moreover, the imperceptible childhood anemia …

Are community health programmes always benign? Community health worker perceptions and the social construction of users in Brazil's primary healthcare policy

J Nunes, G Lotta - Global Public Health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We examine how community health workers (CHWs), while working as links between
doctors, nurses and vulnerable groups, participate in the social construction of citizens in the …

'I have a lot of faith in her': Value of community health workers in addressing family planning in rural Ghana

MJ Stephens, LA Schrumpf, NE Nsarko… - Global Public …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In rural settings with shortages in trained health care workers, community health workers
(CHWs) play an important role in the delivery of health care services. The Ghana Health …

Understanding the structure and processes of primary health care for young indigenous children

NA Strobel, K McAuley, V Matthews… - Journal of Primary …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Primary health care organisations need to continuously reform
to more effectively address current health challenges, particularly for vulnerable populations …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation study of ASHA in providing access to health services and community awareness under national rural health mission

AM Khan - 2020 - 210.212.169.38
The latest World Health Report focuses on human resources as an important component for
the successful functioning of health systems and spotlights the increasing human resource …

Lay social workers implementing a task-sharing approach to managing depression in Vietnam

LW Chau, J Murphy, VC Nguyen, H Lou… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background While depression is a leading contributor to burden of disease in Vietnam, there
is a critical gap in depression care due to the shortage of mental health specialists and …

[HTML][HTML] Operational issues and lessons learned during National Iron Plus Initiative documentation in Eastern India

V Bhatia, SP Parida, PB Mahajan… - Indian Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Anaemia is a condition in which red blood cells have fewer haemoglobin molecules than
normal, or fewer red blood cells overall, and thus less ability to carry oxygen to tissues in the …

[PDF][PDF] Perception and Health Seeking Behaviour of People Regarding Anaemia: An Experience from Odisha in Eastern India.

V Bhatia, R Nayak, S Bhattacharjee, P Mahajan… - J Int Med Sci …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Introduction: Anaemia is considered as a silent epidemic because it affects half the
population irrespective of age and sex groups. The socioeconomic impact of anaemia is …

[PDF][PDF] Experiencias de los actores sociales en la implementación del programa Meta 4 para la prevención y reducción de anemia en niños de 04 a 11 meses en el …

KJM AGUILAR, DRAIER SOLARI - repositorio.upch.edu.pe
Introducción: La anemia en niños de 6 a 35 meses es considerada como un problema de
Salud Pública grave en el Perú. En el año 2019 se implementó el programa Meta 4 con …