Ongoing training of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic sco** 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 …

[HTML][HTML] How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework

R Steege, M Taegtmeyer, R McCollum… - Social Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Close-to-community (CTC) providers have been identified as a key cadre to
progress universal health coverage and address inequities in health service provision due …

Does supportive supervision enhance community health worker motivation? A mixed-methods study in four African countries

MC Kok, F Vallières, O Tulloch… - Health policy and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Supportive supervision is an important element of community health worker (CHW)
programmes and is believed to improve CHW motivation and performance. A group …

Optimising the benefits of community health workers' unique position between communities and the health sector: a comparative analysis of factors sha** …

MC Kok, H Ormel, JEW Broerse, S Kane… - Global public …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Community health workers (CHWs) have a unique position between communities and the
health sector. The strength of CHWs' relationships with both sides influences their motivation …

Strengthening referral systems in community health programs: a qualitative study in two rural districts of Maputo Province, Mozambique

C Give, S Ndima, R Steege, H Ormel… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Effective referral systems from the community to the health care facility are
essential to save lives and ensure quality and a continuum of care. The effectiveness of …

Factors influencing motivation and job satisfaction among supervisors of community health workers in marginalized communities in South Africa

O Akintola, G Chikoko - Human resources for health, 2016 - Springer
Background Management and supervision of community health workers are factors that are
critical to the success of community health worker programmes. Yet few studies have …

Community health worker perspectives on a new primary health care initiative in the Eastern Cape of South Africa

K Austin-Evelyn, M Rabkin, T Macheka, A Mutiti… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background In 2010, South Africa's National Department of Health launched a national
primary health care (PHC) initiative to strengthen health promotion, disease prevention, and …

[HTML][HTML] Improving Community Health Worker performance by using a personalised feedback dashboard for supervision: a randomised controlled trial

C Whidden, K Kayentao, JX Liu, S Lee… - Journal of global …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are scaling up Community Health Worker
(CHW) programmes, yet there remains little high-quality research assessing strategies for …

Supportive supervision and constructive relationships with healthcare workers support CHW performance: use of a qualitative framework to evaluate CHW …

T Ludwick, E Turyakira, T Kyomuhangi… - Human resources for …, 2018 - Springer
Background While evidence supports community health worker (CHW) capacity to improve
maternal and newborn health in less-resourced countries, key implementation gaps remain …

“We are everything to everyone”: a systematic review of factors influencing the accountability relationships of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers …

SM Topp, A Edelman, S Taylor - International journal for equity in health, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Health policy in Australia positions Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health Workers (AHWs) as central to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait …