Health Workers
- Cocreation in Health Workforce Planning to Shape the Future of the Health Care System in the Philippines
Cocreation in health workforce planning in the Philippines led to relationship building between policy makers and researchers who jointly identified solutions to address challenges in the health care system.
- When Knowledge Is Not Enough: Applying a Behavioral Design Approach to Improve Fever Case Management in Nigeria
Analyzing fever case management through a behavioral lens can lead programs to solutions that differ from conventional approaches in terms of type and deployment method.
- Does Quality Certification Work? An Assessment of Manyata, a Childbirth Quality Program in India’s Private Sector
Manyata, a quality improvement initiative for labor room staff at private facilities in India, yielded increased knowledge among staff, increased adherence to evidence-based practices, and a suggestive decrease in referrals but no change in facility-reported health outcomes.
- How Do Private Providers Unaffiliated With the Nigeria National TB Program Diagnose and Treat Drug-Susceptible TB Patients? A Cross-Sectional Study
Private providers unaffiliated with the National TB Program (NTP) in Nigeria are not diagnosing or treating drug-susceptible TB patients according to NTP guidelines, resulting in an urgent need to engage non-NTP providers and improve the quality of their TB services.
- Early Reflections on Mphatlalatsane, a Maternal and Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented During COVID-19 in South Africa
A quality improvement initiative for maternal and neonatal health care demonstrates that a responsive intervention design and implementation approach mitigates threats to clinical services during COVID-19.
- Community Health Worker Program Outcomes for Diabetes and Hypertension Control in West Bank Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study
A community health worker program in urban Palestinian West Bank refugee camps improves diabetes and hypertension control in a setting of chronic violence and extreme adversity.
- Improving the Quality of Health Care in Special Neonatal Care Units of India: A Before and After Intervention Study
In low- and middle-income countries, facility-based neonatal care practices can be improved using a collaborative cross-learning quality improvement approach incorporating remote mentoring, coaching, and supportive supervision.
- Community Health Workers Improve HIV Disclosure Among HIV-Affected Sexual Partners in Rural Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study
HIV disclosure is critical to achieve positive HIV treatment and management outcomes. Community health worker–led mechanisms may be used to support disclosure among adults living with HIV in heterosexual relationships in rural settings.
- TraumaLink: A Community-Based First-Responder System for Traffic Injury Victims in Bangladesh
A community-based network of trained volunteer layperson first responders in Bangladesh provided rapid and reliable on-scene trauma care to traffic injury victims, free of charge.
- Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of mCME Version 2.0: An SMS-Based Continuing Medical Education Program for HIV Clinicians in Vietnam
This cost analysis found that a mobile phone-based continuing medical education (mCME) intervention, involving daily text messages with links to relevant materials, for HIV clinicians in northern Vietnam was relatively low-cost and cost-effective, particularly for future nationwide models. Such mobile approaches to CME are worthy of attention in resource-constrained settings.