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Who is missed in a community-based survey: Assessment and implications of biases due to incomplete sampling frame in a community-based serosurvey, Choma and Ndola Districts, Zambia, 2022
Community-based serological studies are increasingly relied upon to measure disease burden, identify population immunity gaps, and guide control and elimination …
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The Vicious Worm education tool improves the knowledge of community health workers on Taenia solium cysticercosis in Rwanda
The pork tapeworm Taenia solium causes human taeniasis and cysticercosis when ingested as viable cysts and eggs, respectively. Despite its …
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On-demand mobile hypertension training for primary health care workers in Nigeria: a pilot study
BACKGROUND: Only one out of every ten Nigerian adults with hypertension has their blood pressure controlled. Health worker training is …
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Let the records speak: an exploration of rehabilitation services offered in primary healthcare, Johannesburg metropolitan district
BACKGROUND: Primary healthcare in South Africa aims to transform the national health system by emphasising community-based care and preventive strategies. …
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Don’t wait for the perfect moment: The national training program in family medicine in Angola
Like many Sub-Saharan countries, Angola struggles with a shortage of trained health professionals, especially for primary care. In 2021, the …
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Impact of training on knowledge, confidence and attitude amongst community health volunteers in the provision of community-based palliative care in rural Kenya
OBJECTIVES: Existing literature suggests multiple potential roles for community health volunteers (CHVs) in the provision of palliative care (PC) in …
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Feasibility, Acceptability, Satisfaction, and Challenges of an mHealth App (e-ASCov) for Community-Based COVID-19 Screening by Community Health Workers in Rwanda: Mixed Methods Study
Background: Although at the base of the pyramid-shaped organization of the Rwandan health system, community health workers (CHWs) are central …
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Interventions to improve the quality of maternal care in Ethiopia: a scoping review
Introduction: Quality improvement interventions have been part of the national agenda aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal morbidities and mortality. …
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Development of a mentorship framework guide to promote the acquisition of interprofessional education and collaborative practice competencies during undergraduate training: a mini-Delphi cross-sectional study
Background: The current global burden of disease which includes emerging and re-emerging diseases calls for interprofessional partnerships and team work …
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Perceptions of community health workers on teenage pregnancy in rural Limpopo: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Despite measures put in place to combat teenage pregnancy, the rate remains high. Community health workers (CHWs) are a …
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Optimizing integration of community-based management of possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young infants into primary healthcare systems in Ethiopia and Kenya: successes and challenges
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia and Kenya have adopted the community-based integrated community case management (iCCM) of common childhood illnesses and newborn care …
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The role of a community health worker-delivered preconception and pregnancy intervention in achieving a more positive pregnancy experience: the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa
BACKGROUND: A patient-centered, human-rights based approach to maternal care moves past merely reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, towards achieving a …
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A qualitative analysis of community health worker perspectives on the implementation of the preconception and pregnancy phases of the Bukhali randomised controlled trial
Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in health systems in low- and middle-income countries, including South Africa. Bukhali …
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Decentralising chronic disease management in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol for the qualitative process evaluation of community-based integrated management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension in Tanzania and Uganda
INTRODUCTION: Sub-Saharan Africa continues to experience a syndemic of HIV and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Vertical (stand-alone) HIV programming has provided …
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Cost-effectiveness of severe acute malnutrition treatment delivered by community health workers in the district of Mayahi, Niger
BACKGROUND: A non-randomized controlled trial, conducted from June 2018 to March 2019 in two rural communes in the health district …
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A qualitative inquiry on drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults in Kenya
COVID-19 vaccination rates have been low among adults in Kenya (36.7% as of late March 2023) with vaccine hesitancy posing …
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Leveraging Community Health Workers for COVID-19 Response in Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda: Roles, Barriers, and Facilitators
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Current Practice of Internal and External Dental Whitening: Epidemiological Study Among Dentists in Morocco (Part I: Internal whitening)
Aim: To find out which whitening techniques and products are currently used by dentists in two cities, Marrakech and Khouribga-Morocco. …
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Current Practice of Internal and External Dental Whitening: Epidemiological Study Among Dentists in Morocco (Part II: External Whitening)
Aim: To find out which whitening techniques and products are currently used by dentists in two cities, Marrakech and Khouribga-Morocco. …
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“As a patient I do not belong to the clinic, I belong to the community.” Co-developing a multi-level, person-centred tuberculosis stigma intervention in Cape Town, South Africa
Background: Anticipated, internal, and enacted stigma are major barriers to TB care engagement, and directly impact patient well-being. Unfortunately, targeted …