Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district

Expanding Community Health Worker decision space: learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district

Abstract Background While integral to decentralising health reforms, Community Health Workers (CHWs) in South Africa experience many challenges. During COVID-19, CHW roles changed rapidly, shifting from communities to clinics. In the contexts of new roles and re-engineered primary healthcare (PHC),...

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Main Authors: Lucia D’Ambruoso, Nana Akua Abruquah, Denny Mabetha, Maria van der Merwe, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter, the Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR)/Wits/Mpumalanga Department of Health Learning Platform
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:Human Resources for Health
Subjects:
Community Health Workers
Participatory Action Research
Decision space
South Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00853-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00853-1

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