scholarly journals Risk work or resilience work? A qualitative study with community health workers negotiating the tensions between biomedical and community-based forms of health promotion in the United Kingdom

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e0220109
Author(s):  
Nicola K. Gale ◽  
Manbinder S. Sidhu
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals Bottom-up approach to strengthen community-based malaria control strategy from community health workers’ perceptions of their past, present, and future: a qualitative study in Palawan, Philippines

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi ◽  
Pilarita Tongol-Rivera ◽  
Elena Andino Villacorte ◽  
Ray Uyaan Angluben ◽  
Masamine Jimba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Malaria Control ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Malaria Control Strategy

A Community-Based Participatory Diabetes Prevention and Management Intervention in Rural India Using Community Health Workers

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 822-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmini Balagopal ◽  
N. Kamalamma ◽  
Thakor G. Patel ◽  
Ranjita Misra ◽  
Ranjita Misra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Diabetes Prevention ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Management Intervention

Motivating and demotivating factors for community health workers: A qualitative study in urban slums of Delhi, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
MathewSunil George ◽  
Shradha Pant ◽  
Niveditha Devasenapathy ◽  
Suparna Ghosh-Jerath ◽  
SanjayP Zodpey
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Urban Slums

scholarly journals Community-Based Interventions for Stroke Provided by Nurses and Community Health Workers: A Review of the Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 152-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayenell S. Magwood ◽  
Michelle Nichols ◽  
Carolyn Jenkins ◽  
Ayaba Logan ◽  
Suparna Qanungo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Community Based Interventions ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Improving the performance of community health workers in Swaziland: findings from a qualitative study

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Geldsetzer ◽  
Jan-Walter De Neve ◽  
Chantelle Boudreaux ◽  
Till Bärnighausen ◽  
Thomas J. Bossert
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers

Why do community health workers volunteer? A qualitative study in Kenya

Public Health ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 126 (10) ◽  
pp. 839-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Takasugi ◽  
A.C.K. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers

scholarly journals Connecting communities to primary care: a qualitative study on the roles, motivations and lived experiences of community health workers in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice Mallari ◽  
Gideon Lasco ◽  
Don Jervis Sayman ◽  
Arianna Maever L. Amit ◽  
Dina Balabanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) are an important cadre of the primary health care (PHC) workforce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Philippines was an early adopter of the CHW model for the delivery of PHC, launching the Barangay (village) Health Worker (BHW) programme in the early 1980s, yet little is known about the factors that motivate and sustain BHWs’ largely voluntary involvement. This study aims to address this gap by examining the lived experiences and roles of BHWs in urban and rural sites in the Philippines. Methods This cross-sectional qualitative study draws on 23 semi-structured interviews held with BHWs from barangays in Valenzuela City (urban) and Quezon province (rural). A mixed inductive/ deductive approach was taken to generate themes, which were interpreted according to a theoretical framework of community mobilisation to understand how characteristics of the social context in which the BHW programme operates act as facilitators or barriers for community members to volunteer as BHWs. Results Interviewees identified a range of motivating factors to seek and sustain their BHW roles, including a variety of financial and non-financial incentives, gaining technical knowledge and skill, improving the health and wellbeing of community members, and increasing one’s social position. Furthermore, ensuring BHWs have adequate support and resources (e.g. allowances, medicine stocks) to execute their duties, and can contribute to decisions on their role in delivering community health services could increase both community participation and the overall impact of the BHW programme. Conclusions These findings underscore the importance of the symbolic, material and relational factors that influence community members to participate in CHW programmes. The lessons drawn could help to improve the impact and sustainability of similar programmes in other parts of the Philippines and that are currently being developed or strengthened in other LMICs.

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