Limits and opportunities to community health worker empowerment: A multi-country comparative study

In LMICs, Community Health Workers (CHW) increasingly play health promotion related roles involving ‘Empowerment of communities’. To be able to empower the communities they serve, we argue, it is essential that CHWs themselves be, and feel, empowered. We present here a critique of how diverse nation...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 164; pp. 27 - 34
Main Authors:	Kane, Sumit, Kok, Maryse, Ormel, Hermen, Otiso, Lilian, Sidat, Mohsin, Namakhoma, Ireen, Nasir, Sudirman, Gemechu, Daniel, Rashid, Sabina, Taegtmeyer, Miriam, Theobald, Sally, de Koning, Korrie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2016 Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:	Access Agents of social change Alienation Attitude of Health Personnel Bangladesh Case studies Clinical Competence - standards Community health workers Community Health Workers - psychology Community involvement Comparative analysis Comparative studies Emotions Empowerment Ethiopia Health education Health problems Health promotion Health Promotion - manpower Health Promotion - methods Health services Health Services Accessibility - standards Health services utilization Humans Indonesia International comparisons Kenya Literature reviews Locus of control Malawi Medical personnel Medical workers Medicine Motivation Mozambique Power (Psychology) Professional Autonomy Program Development - methods Program Development - standards Qualitative Research Self determination Sense of control Social change Systematic review Work environment Workers Working conditions Workplace control Bangladesh Kenya Malawi Ethiopia Indonesia Agents of social change Performance Community health workers Empowerment
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347, 1873-5347
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