Community Health Workers
| Autor: | Susan B. Rifkin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Service (business)
HRHIS medicine.medical_specialty business.industry 030503 health policy & services Public health media_common.quotation_subject 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health promotion Nursing Health care Medicine Health education 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science business Empowerment Health policy media_common |
| Popis: | The concept of community health workers (CHWs), inspired by China's ‘barefoot doctors,’ combined health service delivery and agent of change. It expanded rapidly in 1978 when Primary Health Care was adopted as health policy for the member states of the World Health Organization. The translation of theory into practice identified five issues critical to the development of CHWs, which are explored in detail in this article. These issues are: (1) Who is the CHW? (2) Can CHWs be both service extenders and facilitators for community improvement? (3) What training and support do CHWs need? (4) Are CHW programs effective? and (5) Are CHW programs sustainable? |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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