Community health workers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: An overview of their history, recent evolution, and current effectiveness

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 399-421

  Perry, Henry B ^a   Zulliger, Rose ^a   Rogers, Michael M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health systems; Health systems strengthening; Human resources for health; Millennium Development Goals; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES CONTROL; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84894612565     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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