Evaluation of community health worker training course effectiveness in India

Developing community health worker diabetes training.

We designed, implemented and evaluated a 48-hour training program for community health workers (CHWs) deployed to diabetes care teams in community health centers (CHCs). The curriculum included core knowledge/skills with diabetes content to assist CHWs in developing patient self-management goals. Our qualitative evaluation included pre/post-knowledge outcomes and encounter data from the field. ...

Relative effectiveness of worker safety and health training methods.

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the relative effectiveness of different methods of worker safety and health training aimed at improving safety knowledge and performance and reducing negative outcomes (accidents, illnesses, and injuries). METHODS Ninety-five quasi-experimental studies (n=20991) were included in the analysis. Three types of intervention methods were distinguished on the basis...

Community Health Worker Programmes

Community health agents training on hearing health: effectiveness of videoconference.

BACKGROUND training of Community Health Agents on hearing health through videoconference. AIM to verify the effectiveness of a training program for community health agents, through videoconference, on child hearing health. METHOD participants of the study were 50 professionals who were randomly divided in two groups: 31 community health agents were physically present in the training program...

Improving Maternal and Newborn Health: Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Kenya

BACKGROUND Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) form an important element of many health systems, and in Kenya these volunteers are the foundation for promoting behavior change through health education, earlier case identification, and timely referral to trained health care providers. This study examines the effectiveness of a community health worker project conducted in rural Kenya that s...