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Engaging health and care workers in health emergencies: implementation toolkit

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

The active participation and engagement of health and care workers (‎HCWs)‎ in health emergency preparedness, readiness and response is crucial to support risk communication, community engagement and infodemic management (‎RCCE-IM)‎ interventions during emergencies. HCWs hold unique position... more

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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more

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Undernutrition: What works?

Manuel Sanchez-Montero and Núria Salse Ubach ACF International Network (2011)

A review of policy and practice; zero Hunger Phase 1

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2 million African community health workers - Harnessing the demographic dividend, ending AIDS and ensuring sustainable health for all in Africa

UNAIDS (2017) CC

This report makes the case for a major new initiative—to rapidly recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers in Africa. Drawing on a vast body of evidence and substantial regional experience, the report shows how community health workers save lives and improve quality of life and ... more

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Medical Peace Work Audio-visual teaching case: Nuclear weapons

Medical Peace Work (MPW) (2017)

This course has been created for people with some experience in healthcare. It is particularly relevant to students in clinical healthcare professions (such as medicine, nursing, and allied health) and equally relevant to those working in broader disciplines (such as public health, global health, an... more

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HIV self-testing at workplaces: approaches to implementation and sustainable financing

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Countries are making progress toward the global goal of 95% of people living with HIV knowing their status by 2025. However, considerable gaps remain in achieving these goals globally. Men in high HIV burden settings and men from key populations in all settings are consistently less likely to know t... more

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Mobilising informal health workers for the Ebola response: potential and programme considerations

Annie Wilkinson, Almudena Marí Sáez, Jonah Lipton, Fred Martineau and Clare Chandler IDS, US University of Sussex, University of Exeter, London School of Higiene and Tropical Medicine (2014)

Informal health workers are important care providers in the region and continue to be so during the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. Many are well respected and trusted members of the community who can mobilise large numbers of people for a particular activity and lend legitimacy to a par... more

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The Intersection of Sex Work and HIV Criminalization - An Advocate’s Toolkit

H. Flynn; M. Rose; B. Diaz; et al. National LGBTQ Task Force; The Center for HIV Law Policy (2017) C2

Toolkit

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General Pathways Education Workshop

One Island Community (2020) CC

This is a web-based workshop that has been designed to allow you to easily navigate through the slides. Whenever you see words underlined, you can click that area to got to another section or find more information on a topic. You can go through as much as or little of the workshop as you like at a... more

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Community health worker perspectives on a new primary health care initiative in the Eastern Cape of South Africa

Austin-Evelyn K, Rabkin M, Macheka T, Mutiti A, Mwansa-Kambafwile J, Dlamini T, et al. PLoS ONE (2017) CC

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Managing the mental health of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pan American Health Organization (2020) CC

Handout. Feeling under pressure is a likely experience for you and many of your colleagues. Stress and the feelings associated with it are by no means a reflection that you cannot do your job or that you are weak. Managing your mental health and psychosocial well-being during this time is as import... more

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WHO interim guidance note: health workforce response to the COVID-19 pandemic: April 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This guidance note identifies strategic action for policy-makers and managers at the national, subnational and facility level to address these different challenges.

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Kenya’s Community Health Workers

World Vision Health and Nutrition (2015) C2

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Community health workers in Lesotho: Experiences of health promotion activities

T. Seutloali; L. Napoles; N. Bam African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; AOSIS (2018) C2

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ISSN: (Online) 2071-2936, (Print) 2071-2928

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A household-based community health worker programme for non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and maternal health: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in Neno Distr

Wroe, E.B.; Nhlema, B.; Dunbar, E.L. et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

Background: Community health worker (CHW) programmes are a valuable component of primary care in resource-poor settings. The evidence supporting their effectiveness generally shows improvements in disease-specific outcomes relative to the absence of a CHW programme. In this study, we evaluated expan... more

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Facilitator’s guide: communicating with health workers about COVID-19 vaccination

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This guide is designed to accompany the training module, Communicating with health workers about COVID-19 vaccination. It provides detailed explanations, resources and guidance to accompany the slides in the training module and support those implementing the training. It is intended for training fac... more

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Job Aid for the Community Health Worker in Reproductive and Child Health and the Prevention of Malaria

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2006) C1

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Can Community Health Workers Report Accurately on Births and Deaths? Results of Field Assessments in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mali

Silva, R.; A. Amouzou; M. Muno, et al. (2016) CC

PLoS ONE 11(1): e0144662. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144662

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Training and Evaluation of Community Health Workers (CHWs): Towards Improving Maternal and Newborn Survival in an Urban Setting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Thoko Ndaba1, Myra Taylor, Musawenkosi Mabaso The Open Public Health Journal (2019) C1

CHWs demonstrated social commitment and purpose in the short term observed. The evaluation of the training of CHWs revealed that most demonstrated the necessary skills for referrals to prevent complications, caring for newborns and their mothers at home immediately after discharge from health care c... more

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Self-Directed M&E Learning Workbook 1: An Orientation to District-Level Monitoring & Evaluation Duties

Ministry of Health & Ministry of Local Government, Gabarone, Botswana (2011) C2

District Level M & E Training and Reference Material for Primary Health Care Programmes