Task-shifting and prioritization: A situational analysis examining the role and experiences of community health workers in Malawi

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Sarah ^a,b   Deveridge, Amber ^a,b   Berman, Joshua ^a   Negin, Joel ^b   Mwambene, Nwaka ^a   Chingaipe, Elizabeth ^c   Puchalski Ritchie, Lisa M ^d,e   Martiniuk, Alexandra ^b,f,g,h  

^a DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^h Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Health promotion; Lay health workers; Task prioritization; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALAWI; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84900336182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-24     Document Type: Article

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