BACKGROUND Management and supervision of community health workers are factors that are critical to the success of community health worker programmes. Yet few studies have explored the perspectives of supervisors in these programmes. This study explored factors influencing motivations of supervisors in community health worker programmes. METHODS We conducted qualitative interviews with 26 prog...

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measuring health related quality of life of old people has become an important public health issue with the aging of population in developing countries. the aim of this study was to examine the health related quality of life of old people living in bandar abbas, iran. this was a population-based study in which a random sample of 1000 individuals of the community aged over 60 years were intervie...

Background. The purpose of this study was to develop a greater understanding of healthcare issues in rural Kansas communities. Methods. Ten focus groups were conducted with rural community leaders. Results. Community strengths included quality of life, community involvement, healthcare facilities, agency collaboration, and commitment to healthcare worker recruitment. Weaknesses were language ba...

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We used data from a home visiting trial to examine low-income women's perceptions of services received from nurses (the community care [CC] group) and from a nurse-community health worker (CHW) team. More mothers in the nurse-CHW group than in the CC group reported receiving help in all of the categories assessed. For both groups, assistance with health education ranked highest among the types ...

BACKGROUND Underrepresentation of racial minorities in research contributes to health inequities. Important factors contributing to low levels of research participation include limited access to health care and research opportunities, lack of perceived relevance, power differences, participant burden, and absence of trust. We describe an enhanced model of community engagement in which we develo...

Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. The Kenya Government’s Health Sector Strategic Plan for 2005 to 2010, whose theme was ‘Reversing the Trends’, introduced six health service delivery levels and gave prominence to community-based services at level 1. Community-based primary healthcare services are aimed at empowering Kenyan households and commu...

INTRODUCTION Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience higher levels of psychological distress and mental ill health than their non-Indigenous counterparts, but underuse mental health services. Interventions are required to address the structural and functional access barriers that cause this underuse. In 2012, the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker program (MIHOW) is a community-based intervention dedicated to enhancing birth outcomes and healthy child development. Trained neighborhood women provide home and group services to underserved families in rural and inner city communities. This report describes MIHOW's history and work in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virg...