The co-occurrence of health burdens in transitioning populations, particularly in specific
socioeconomic and cultural contexts, calls for conceptual frameworks to improve …

This paper is a critical interpretive synthesis of community health workers (CHWs) and
accountability in low-income and middle-income countries. The guiding questions were …

Rural populations in the United States are faced with a variety of health disparities that
complicate access to care. Community health workers (CHWs) and their Spanish-speaking …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs) could expand immunization
access in under-reached communities by administering vaccines. This rapid review …

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) are central to Primary Health Care
globally. Amidst the current flourishing of work on CHWs, there often is a lack of reference to …

This paper brings forth cases of women in rural South Punjab, Pakistan who are exercising
agency in even the most patriarchal areas in a Muslim country. Central to this paper is two …

An ideal model of Community Health Worker (CHW) selection has existed since long before
Alma Ata catalysed the community health approach, dating to late colonial times. In this …

Community health workers (CHWs) participate in advocacy as a crucial means to empower
clients in overcoming health disparities and to improve the health and social well-being of …

Community health workers (CHWs) are crucial intermediaries between marginalised
populations and health and social services. Among their unique repertoire of services …

This study qualitatively investigates what factors apart from or in addition to financial
incentives can encourage better performance of frontline health care providers. We …