scholarly journals Implementation of a community-based nutrition program in the community feeding center: a case study from Bantul

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Nelfi Putri Piliang ◽  
Sulistiyawati Sulistiyawati ◽  
Bunga Astria Paramashanti
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Nutrition Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
Feeding Center

Background: Malnutrition among children becomes one of public issues in the population. Community-based nutrition programs provide opportunities to improve current child nutrition and in later life.  Objective: To explore the implementation of a community-based nutrition program in Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul District. Methods: A qualitative study with a single study case was conducted between March and May 2017 in the community feeding center in Argorejo Village, Sedayu Subdistrict, Bantul District. Data were collected from a focus group discussion among mothers of children under-fives, in-depth interviews to community health workers and a nutritionist, and observation during the program activities. Analysis was done by developing coding and themes on the implementation of the program. Results: Several activities were identified in the community-based nutrition program such as anthropometric measurement, nutrition counselling and education, providing healthy snacks during the program, and weekly food supplementation distribution to targeted children. Facilitators of this program included active participation from community health workers, acceptance and supports from the community, and self-subsistent food supplementation. Meanwhile, the barriers of this program were budget allocation, limited numbers and time of health workers, and lacked tools and facilities. Conclusions: Community-based nutrition program in the community feeding center is community-driven program which is from and to the community. The sustainability of this program needs a strong commitment from the government, multisectoral stakeholders, and the community.

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

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

Supervising Community Health Workers in Community-Based Delivery of Primary Health/Family Planning Services: Experiences in Mexico, 1977–1982

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele G. Shedlin ◽  
Joe D. Wray ◽  
Sergio Correu
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Wide Range

The supervision of CHWs in the Mexican Rural Health Program (1977–82) illustrates a wide range of problems and strengths because it was developed within a program based on a strong political mandate to deliver services to an extremely large, as well as culturally and geographically diverse population. This article presents an in-depth perspective on the issues involved in the supervision of community health workers with a focus on the myriad roles and responsibilities which are expected from supervisory personnel. The information and observations which are offered come from program evaluation materials as well as the long-term, first hand experience of the authors with the program discussed.

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness of the community-based management of severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in southern Bangladesh

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Puett ◽  
Kate Sadler ◽  
Harold Alderman ◽  
Jennifer Coates ◽  
John L. Fiedler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Severe Acute Malnutrition ◽  
Acute Malnutrition ◽  
Community Based

“I was not Invited to be a [CHW] … I asked to be one”: Motives for Community Mobilization among Women Community Health Workers in Mexico

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Ramirez-Valles
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Mobilization ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Personal Satisfaction ◽  
Health Educators ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organization

Despite health educators’ revitalized interest in community mobilization for health, little attention has been given to participants’ motives for mobilizing. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the understanding of community mobilizing by analyzing the motives for mobilization among a group of women community health workers (CHWs), members of a community-based organization in Mexico. The study is guided by critical feminist and social constructivist theories. It aims at identifying the categories of motives used by women CHWs and exploring how these motives are created while presenting women’s own voices. Women’s motives fall into four categories: getting out, serving, learning, and women’s betterment. These motives blend personal and public motives. The analysis suggests that mobilization for health may be enhanced by addressing both the personal satisfaction of individuals and the accomplishment of public goods. The study of motives may be useful for the recruitment and retention of participants in community mobilization efforts.

scholarly journals Community Health Workers as Drivers of a Successful Community-Based Disease Management Initiative

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
pp. 1443-1446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Peretz ◽  
Luz Adriana Matiz ◽  
Sally Findley ◽  
Maria Lizardo ◽  
David Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Management ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Community- based Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Pastoralist Communities of North-Eastern Uganda

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Guma Isaac ◽  
Emuron John Robert ◽  
Namugambe Swabrah ◽  
Nabirye Gloria ◽  
Philip Denis Okungura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Case Finding ◽  
Case Detection ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Pastoralist Communities ◽  
Symptom Screening ◽  
Pastoralist Community

Background: Given the global urgency to improve tuberculosis (TB) case detection, a renewed interest in active case finding (ACF) has risen. Missed TB cases pose a serious threat as they continue to fuel TB transmission in the community. We aimed to assess the feasibility of community based ACF for TB among people living in a pastoralist community in Uganda and determine its impact on case detection and treatment uptake. Methods: Between April and May 2019, four third year medical and nursing students placed at Moroto Regional Referral for community orientation worked together with community health workers to conduct a door-to-door survey for TB in pastoralist communities of Nadunget Sub County, Moroto district. The community health workers and the Medical/Nursing students performed symptom screening, collected sputum and facilitated specimen transport to the laboratory. Gene Xpert MTB/RIF assay was performed at the regional referral Hospital for all sputum samples. The community health workers were tasked to follow up on all those clients whose samples turned out to be positive so that they could start treatment as soon as possible. All presumptive cases with negative sputum results were referred to the TB clinic for further evaluation. Results: In one month, we screened 385 individuals and identified 143 aged above 15 years with symptoms suggestive of TB. Among the presumptive cases, 132 (92%) reported a cough of more than two weeks and we were able to obtain sputum samples from 84(58.7%) participants. We diagnosed 11, including 8 bacteriologically confirmed TB cases using Gene Xpert and there was no multidrug resistant case identified. The median time from sputum collection to notification of the positive result was 3 days. All the positive cases were followed up and initiated on treatment. Conclusion: The findings from our study suggest that in a pastoralist community, ACF for TB using a sensitive symptom screen followed by Gene Xpert contributed to improved case detection of TB, shortening the turnaround time hence timely initiation of patients on TB treatment.

Promotoras Voice Their Challenges in Fulfilling Their Role as Community Health Workers

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483992092118
Author(s):  
Pamela Orpinas ◽  
Rebecca A. Matthew ◽  
Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez ◽  
Alejandra Calva ◽  
J. Maria Bermúdez
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Community Based

Promotoras de salud (Spanish for female community health workers) are integral to efforts to enhance the health and well-being of Latinx individuals, families, and communities. The purpose of this study was to describe the challenges that promotoras face and the proposed solutions from the perspective of the promotoras themselves. Five promotoras who worked for a year as volunteers in a community-based participatory research study, Lazos Hispanos, participated in two group interviews. Eight challenges emerged—balancing their new work with their family commitments, handling their perceived imbalance of power with men, managing the emotional impact of hearing participants’ problems, facing and handling the barriers imposed by having limited English language skills, feeling discouraged by the perception of ethnocentric beliefs and discrimination from some providers, feeling disheartened by the cultural beliefs of some Latinx participants, handling the lack of transportation for themselves and for the participants, and managing the burden of data collection for the research aspect of the program. The explanation of these challenges and the practical solutions they proposed are embedded in their intersecting identities. The solutions are a valuable addition to the practice of health promotion and community-based participatory research, particularly within Latinx communities.

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