Research-related activities in community-based child health services

Research in community child health.

Implementation research on community health workers’ provision of maternal and child health services in rural Liberia

OBJECTIVE To assess changes in the use of essential maternal and child health services in Konobo, Liberia, after implementation of an enhanced community health worker (CHW) programme. METHODS The Liberian Ministry of Health partnered with Last Mile Health, a nongovernmental organization, to implement a pilot CHW programme with enhanced recruitment, training, supervision and compensation. To a...

Trust of community health workers influences the acceptance of community-based maternal and child health services

BACKGROUND Community health workers (CHWs) are a component of the health system in many countries, providing effective community-based services to mothers and infants. However, implementation of CHW programmes at scale has been challenging in many settings. AIM To explore the acceptability of CHWs conducting household visits to mothers and infants during pregnancy and after delivery, from the...

Community-based partnered research: new directions in mental health services research.

OBJECTIVE Community-based participatory research has the potential to improve implementation of best practices to reduce disparities but has seldom been applied in mental health services research. This article presents the content and lessons learned from a national conference designed to stimulate such an application. DESIGN Mental health program developers collaborated in hosting a two-day ...

Factors affecting community-based participatory research in Iran: a qualitative study on health sector stakeholders' view

Community-based participatory research is an important strategy to deal with public health challenges. However, the application of community-based participatory research in public health has encountered many challenges. This study was conducted to address academic perspective about the challenges and factors that are influencing on the community-based participatory research in Iran. A qualitati...