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Many countries around the world rely on community health workers to provide healthcare to those without immediate access, connecting them to formal health systems, and whilst numerous Community Health Worker (CHW) programmes exist, there is little research published on the need for ongoing high-quality training and supervision, or the role technology can play in supporting this.
Training for Community Health: Bridging the global health care gap is a practical resource on the nuances and intricacies of CHW programmes today. Written by experienced academics and practitioners in CHW training, education, and supervision, this resource offers a trustworthy overview to this emerging field, with insights from across the globe. Over 13 chapters, this unique resource explores how technology can be used to support structured training programmes, and is interspersed with practical examples of how to design, implement, and evaluate CHW programmes.
List of contents
- Foreword: Sonia Sachs and Jeffrey Sachs
- 1: Anne Geniets, James O'Donovan, Laura Hakimi, and Niall Winters: Introduction
- 2: Raj Panjabi, Lesley-Anne Long, Mike Bailey, and Magnus Conteh: The role of technology in supporting the education of community health workers and their leaders
- 3: Daniel Palazuelos and Sanjay Gadi: Learning How NOT to Train the Community Out of the Community Health Worker
- 4: James O'Donovan: Approaches to Community Health Worker Training and Supervision
- 5: Beatrice Wasunna and Isaac Holeman: Digital health interventions for community health worker training, ongoing education, and supportive supervision: Insights from a Human-Centered Design approach
- 6: Shobhana Nagraj: Designing pedagogically-driven approaches to technology-enhanced learning for Community Health Workers
- 7: Jade V. Henry: Mobile Phones and the Uses of Learning in a Training Intervention for Kenyan Community Health Workers
- 8: David Musoke: Using participatory approaches for Community Health Worker training
- 9: Promise Nduku, Nkululeko Tshabalala, Shona Putuka, Zafeer Ravat, and Laurenz Langer: The danger of a single study: developing responsive evidence-bases to inform research, policy, and practice on the training of CHWs in LMICs
- 10: Celia Brown: Methods of evaluation of CHW training: Theory and Practice
- 11: Maureen Kelley and Nigel Fancourt: Recognition, mutual respect, and support: A relational approach to training and supervision in community health work
- 12: Laura Hakimi, Anne Geniets, James O'Donovan, and Niall Winters: Conclusion: Towards a Pedagogy for Community Health Workers?
- Afterword: S__y_ Abímb__lá
About the author
Anne Geniets,
Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, James O'Donovan,
Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Niall Winters,
Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Laura Hakimi,
Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Summary
Training for Community Health: Bridging the global health care gap provides a comprehensive and multifaceted overview of CHW programmes.
Report
Combining their research and experience in education, technology, and health care, Geniets, Hakimi, Winters, and O'Donovan present a compelling, practical case for community health workers and their place in modern health care systems through this collection of research and case studies. R Castillo, CHOICE
