[HTML][HTML] Task sharing implant insertion by community health workers: not just can it work, but how might it work practically and with impact in the real world

L Schaefer - Global Health: Science and Practice, 2015 - ghspjournal.org
Demonstrating that a health service, such as providing contraceptive implants, can be safely
task shared to less highly trained workers is crucial but is only one step toward effective …

[HTML][HTML] Task shifting provision of contraceptive implants to community health extension workers: results of operations research in northern Nigeria

Z Charyeva, O Oguntunde, N Orobaton… - … Health: Science and …, 2015 - ghspjournal.org
Background: Contraceptive use remains low in Nigeria, with only 11% of women reporting
use of any modern method. Access to long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) is …

[HTML][HTML] Improving contraceptive access, use, and method mix by task sharing Implanon insertion to frontline health workers: the experience of the Integrated Family …

Y Tilahun, C Lew, B Belayihun, KL Hagos… - Global Health: Science …, 2017 - ghspjournal.org
In 2009, the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health launched an Implanon scale-up program
with the goal of improving the availability of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) …

Task sharing in family planning

B Janowitz, J Stanback, B Boyer - Studies in family planning, 2012 - JSTOR
Many developing countries face strains in meeting the demands for health services because
of shortages of qualified medical personnel, especially in rural areas. The continued" brain …

[HTML][HTML] Mentoring, task sharing, and community outreach through the TutoratPlus approach: increasing use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Senegal

B Gueye, J Wesson, D Koumtingue… - … Health: Science and …, 2016 - ghspjournal.org
Background: To broaden access to family planning in rural areas and improve contraceptive
prevalence, Senegal, in the context of wide method choice, is promoting implants and the …

[HTML][HTML] Task-shifting: exposing the cracks in public health systems

M Berer - Reproductive Health Matters, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
THE papers in this journal issue are about innovative efforts to increase access to skilled
reproductive health care, particularly in resource-poor settings, either 1) where physicians …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of job aids on knowledge retention among Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors trained to administer injectable contraceptives: longitudinal …

S Chace Dwyer, A Jain, SM Ishaku, FT Okunade… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background To increase access to voluntary family planning (FP) services, Nigerian
policymakers are debating how to task share injectable contraceptive services to drug shop …

[HTML][HTML] The role of job aids in supporting task sharing family planning services to community pharmacists and patent proprietary medicine vendors in Kaduna and …

S Baruwa, E Tobey, E Okafor, K Afolabi… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background CPs and PPMVs are an important source of modern contraceptives in
Nigeria, yet many lack the requisite knowledge and skills to capably provide these services …

[HTML][HTML] The development of task sharing policy and guidelines in Kenya

R Kinuthia, A Verani, J Gross, R Kiriinya… - Human Resources for …, 2022 - Springer
Background The global critical shortage of health workers prevents expansion of healthcare
services and universal health coverage. Like most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya's …

[HTML][HTML] Health system readiness for innovation scale-up: the experience of community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives in Nigeria

O Akinyemi, B Harris, M Kawonga - BMC health services research, 2019 - Springer
Background Following the successful pilot of the community-based distribution of injectable
contraceptives (CBDIC) by community health extension workers (CHEWs) in Gombe …