IMPACT: A Structured Human-Centered Design Process for Integrating Community Health Worker Insights Into Program Policy in Pakistan

Svea Closser; Marium Sultan; Erin Finley; Sue Gerber; Muhammad Shafique; Saeed Ahmed; Imtiaz Ali Shah; Naveed Khurshid; Farah Naz; Sadaf Nayyab; Celena Fei; Ali Sohail

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00050

Article Information

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00050

PubMed

42331614

Published By

Global Health: Science and Practice

Online ISSN

2169-575X

History

Received: January 14, 2024
Accepted: October 21, 2025
Published online June 22, 2026.

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Author Information

Svea Closser^a ⇑,
Marium Sultan^a,
Erin Finley^b,
Sue Gerber^c,
Muhammad Shafique^d,
Saeed Ahmed^e,
Imtiaz Ali Shah^f,
Naveed Khurshid^g,
Farah Naz^e,
Sadaf Nayyab^e,
Celena Fei^h,
Ali Sohailⁱ

^aJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
^bThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
^cIndependent Consultant, Truchas, NM, USA.
^dSohail Inc., Islamabad, Pakistan.
^eSohail Inc., Peshawar, Pakistan.
^fKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Emergency Operations Center, Peshawar, Pakistan.
^gWorld Health Organization, Peshawar, Pakistan.
^hJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
ⁱSohail Inc., Karachi, Pakistan.