Community engagement initiatives in primary health care to achieve universal health coverage: A realist synthesis of scoping review

D Erku, R Khatri, A Endalamaw, E Wolka, F Nigatu… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Community engagement (CE) is an essential component in a primary health
care (PHC) and there have been growing calls for service providers to seek greater CE in …

The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a scoping review

M Ndu, E Andoniou, S McNally… - Global Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Community health volunteers are considered a vital part of the community health structure in
Africa. Despite this vital role in African health systems, very little is known about the …

Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana: a history and systematic review of what works, for whom …

H Elsey, M Abboah-Offei, AL Vidyasagaran… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Despite renewed emphasis on strengthening primary health care globally, the
sector remains under-resourced across sub–Saharan Africa. Community-based Health …

[HTML][HTML] A collaborative health promotion approach to improve rural health delivery and health outcomes in Ghana: a case example of a community-based health …

A Adam, A Fusheini, DD Kipo-Sunyehzi - Rural Health, 2021 - intechopen.com
Rural health is a core component of public health but developing rural is a major public
challenge, especially, in poor and resource-limited settings around the world. Poor rural …

Developing organizational learning for scaling‐up community‐based primary health care in Ghana

JK Awoonor‐Williams, JF Phillips - Learning Health Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Achieving effective community‐based primary health care requires evidence for
guiding strategic decisions that must be made. However, research processes often limit data …

Engaging community members in setting priorities for nutrition interventions in rural northern Ghana

MA Dalaba, EA Nonterah, ST Chatio… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
This study used “Choosing All Together”(CHAT), a deliberative engagement tool to prioritise
nutrition interventions and to understand reasons for intervention choices of a rural …

The role of community engagement toward ensuring healthy lives: a case study of COVID-19 management in two Ghanaian municipalities

M Aberese-Ako, PT Doegah, L Kpodo… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Community engagement is one of the important requirements for strengthening
health delivery in communities in a bid to achieve sustainable development goal 3, target …

“Can I Sell You Avocadoes and Talk to You About Contraception?”“Well, It Depends Which Comes First”: Anchor Roles and Asymmetric Boundaries

P Shulist, M Rivera-Santos, GM Kistruck… - Academy of …, 2023 - journals.aom.org
Role theory generally predicts that when the demands and norms of two roles are highly
contrasted, individuals will construct a strong boundary to separate the roles. However, such …

Community utilisation and satisfaction with the community-based health planning and services initiative in Ghana: a comparative study in two system learning districts …

M Kweku, H Amu, M Adjuik, FY Aku, E Manu… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background To strengthen the implementation of the Community-based Health Planning
and Services (CHPS) programme which is Ghana's key primary health care delivery …

IJHG 27.3 Review

FEMV Phipps - International Journal of Health Governance, 2022 - emerald.com
All the articles reviewed in this issue of IJHG are directly related to healthcare governance
topics important in today's world. Two of the articles report on concerns associated with the …