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1072 publication(s) trouvée(s)
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Case study of a method of development of a selection process for community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Choosing who should be recruited as a community health worker (CHW) is an important task, for their future performance …
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Assessing the Integrated Community-Based Health Systems Strengthening initiative in northern Togo: a pragmatic effectiveness-implementation study protocol
BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, prevalence of maternal and child morbidity and mortality in Togo, particularly in the northern regions, …
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Prevalence and associated factors of neurodevelopmental disability among infants in eastern Uganda: a population based study
BACKGROUND: Neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) is increasingly acknowledged as one of the important causes of disease burden in low income countries. …
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The Safe Start Trial: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial for the Effect of an Infant Hygiene Intervention on Enteric Infections and Diarrhoea in Low-Income Informal Settlements of Kisumu, Kenya
Abstract Background Symptomatic and asymptomatic enteric infections in early childhood are associated with negative effects on childhood growth and development, …
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Perceptions of community health workers on their training, teamwork and practice: a cross-sectional study in Tshwane district, Gauteng, South Africa
Background: In 2011, South Africa established ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs) comprising Community Health Workers as part of strategies to strengthen …
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Protocol for a prospective mixed-methods longitudinal study to evaluate the dynamics of contraceptive use, discontinuation, and switching in Kenya
BACKGROUND: More women are accessing modern contraceptive use in Kenya, however, contraceptive discontinuation has stagnated over the decades. Any further …
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Integrated and simplified approaches to community management of acute malnutrition in rural Kenya: a cluster randomized trial protocol
BACKGROUND: In many low income countries, the majority of acutely malnourished children are either brought to the health facility late …
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Patient factors affecting successful linkage to treatment in a cervical cancer prevention program in Kenya: A prospective cohort study
OBJECTIVE: To identify patient factors associated with whether women who screened positive for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) successfully accessed treatment …
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The state of community health information systems in West and Central Africa
# Background The proliferation of siloed community-based reporting systems in developing countries has been observed to be inadequate in supplying …
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Peer Review Report For: Post-Ebola Community Health Worker programme performance in Kenema District, Sierra Leone: A long way to go! [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Background: The devastating 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone could erode the gains of the health system including the Community …
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Household characteristics as predictors of access to paediatric malaria treatment in Homa-Bay County, Kenya
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of socioeconomic household characteristics on access to paediatric malaria treatment in Homa Bay County, Kenya. …
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Outsiders, insiders, and intermediaries: village health teams’ negotiation of roles to provide high quality sexual, reproductive and HIV care in Nakaseke, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Community health workers, known as Village Health Teams (VHTs) in Uganda, play a central role in increasing access to …
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Implementing population-based mass drug administration for malaria: experience from a high transmission setting in North Eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) is a suggested mean to accelerate efforts towards elimination and attainment of malaria-free status. There …
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Female perspectives on male involvement in a human-papillomavirus-based cervical cancer-screening program in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: To be effective, population-based cervical cancer prevention programs must be tailored to meet the needs of the target population. …
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The roles, responsibilities and perceptions of community health workers and ward-based primary health care outreach teams (WBPHCOTs) in South Africa: a scoping review protocol
BACKGROUND: Human resource for health (HRH) challenges jeopardise the South African health system, undermining the efforts made to curb the …
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Integrating community health assistant-driven sexual and reproductive health services in the community health system in Nyimba district in Zambia: mapping key actors, points of integration, and conditions shaping the process
INTRODUCTION: Although large scale public sector community health worker programs have been key in providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) …
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Households’ satisfaction with the healthcare services rendered by a ward-based outreach team in Tshwane district, Pretoria, South Africa
Introduction: Households’ satisfaction is an important and commonly used indicator for measuring quality in health care. An amelioration of primary …
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Factors affecting early identification of pregnant women by community health workers in Morogoro, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: It is recommended that Antenatal Care (ANC) be initiated within the first trimester of pregnancy for essential interventions, such …
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Analysis of the quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention provided by community health Workers in Boulsa health district, Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Since 2014, the Burkina Faso government has made Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) a priority in its strategic plan to …
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Burnout among primary healthcare workers during implementation of integrated mental healthcare in rural Ethiopia: a cohort study
BACKGROUND: The short-term course of burnout in healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries has undergone limited evaluation. The aim …