community health workers

March 9, 2023

Community Health Worker programmes’ integration into national health systems: Scoping review

Abstract Background: Community health worker (CHW) programmes, when adequately integrated into mainstream health systems, can provide a viable, affordable and…

September 1, 2022

From raw data to a score: comparing quantitative methods that construct multi-level composite implementation strength scores of family planning programs in Malawi

Abstract Background: Data that capture implementation strength can be combined in multiple ways across content and health system levels to…

August 11, 2021

Female Community Health Workers and Health System Navigation in a Conflict Zone: The Case of Afghanistan

Abstract Afghanistan ranked 171st among 188 countries in the Gender Inequality Index of 2011 and has only 16% of its…

April 20, 2020

Enabling and hindering factors of health surveillance assistants’ roles in the provision of contraceptive services in Mangochi, Malawi

Abstract Background: Contraceptive services are essential for promoting people’s health, and economic and social well-being. Despite increased contraceptive use over…

March 17, 2020

Testing the validity and feasibility of using a mobile phone-based method to assess the strength of implementation of family planning programs in Malawi

Abstract Background: To effectively deliver on proposed objectives, it is vital that practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders are able to…

August 2, 2016

Substance Use among a Sample of Healthcare Workers in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract This study describes reported substance use among Kenyan healthcare workers (HCWs), as it has implications for HCWs’ health, productivity,…