The community health worker (CHW)
| Autor: | Ted Lankester |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings ISBN: 0198806655 Setting up Community Health Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings |
| DOI: | 10.1093/med/9780198806653.003.0008 |
| Popis: | This chapter explores current thinking about community health workers (CHWs), their roles, functions, and how they are selected. It gives details on CHW training, including course duration, training locations, curriculum, trainers, supervision, and personal development aspects. It describes the CHW’s health kit, its use, and record keeping. It describes the importance and variety of support systems, including how to work most effectively with the community. The chapter explores how CHWs are increasingly seen by governments as part of the national health system, in addition to their ongoing role in civil society organizations. In this context it compares the advantages and disadvantages of payment. The chapter outlines the increase in the CHW’s role, which, while still including maternal and child health, now includes new priorities, e.g. disability, mental health, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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