Improving skills and utilization of Community Health Volunteers in Nepal

Curtale, Filippo; Siwakoti, Bhola; Lagrosa, Cecilia; LaRaja, Massimo; Guerra, Ranieri

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)00172-p

Cited by 66 publications

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“…The importance of recognition, training, supervision and incentives for community volunteers have been highlighted in several studies [37-39]. Although the HBM guidelines recommended giving incentives to the DDs [4,5] this has not been realized.…”

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Home-based management of fever in rural Uganda: community perceptions and provider opinions

Nsabagasani

Jesca-Nsungwa-Sabiiti

Källander

et al. 2007

Malar J

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Background: Uganda was the first country to scale up Home Based Management of Fever/Malaria (HBM) in 2002. Under HBM pre-packaged unit doses with a combination Sulphadoxine/ Pyrimethamin (SP) and Chloroquine (CQ) called "HOMAPAK" are administered to all febrile children by community selected voluntary drug distributors (DDs). In this study, community perceptions, health worker and drug provider opinions about the community based distribution of HOMAPAK and its effect on the use of other antimalarials were assessed.

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Home-based management of fever in rural Uganda: community perceptions and provider opinions

Nsabagasani

Jesca-Nsungwa-Sabiiti

Källander

et al. 2007

Malar J

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“…After selection, they get 18 days of basic training on family planning, maternal, newborns, child health, and nutrition issues (4). Earlier, the FCHVs were assigned to act as health promoters and dispensers of health commodities, but later with few exceptions, they are also serving as health service providers, notably treating childhood pneumonia and diarrhea at the community (5–7). …”

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Female Community Health Volunteers in Community-Based Health Programs of Nepal: Future Perspective

Khatri

Mishra

Khanal

2017

Front. Public Health

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Nepal’s Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) program started in 1988. In the early years of program initiation, FCHVs were assigned to promote and distribute the family planning commodities such as condoms and pills. Over past three decades, FCHVs’ roles have gradually expanded beyond family planning program and especially are focused on maternal and child health services at a large scale. FCHVs are an integral part of many community-based health programs, and their roles are instrumental in linking families and communities to community health workers and periphery-level health facilities. However, the fragmented nature of health programs poses a challenge for these health volunteers to coordinate activities and deliver the results. This perspective aims to review their contribution, challenges and recommend an integrated FCHV program model to support in the implementation of the community-based health interventions effectively.

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“…A "doctor" in this context is defined as someone who has obtained a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) degree in allopathic medicine. In Nepal, certified health assistants (CHAs) and community health volunteers (CHVs) carry out preventive and curative health activities in rural areas [9]. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners are found in both the rural and urban areas [4].…”

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Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study

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Improving skills and utilization of Community Health Volunteers in Nepal

Cited by 66 publications

References 13 publications

Home-based management of fever in rural Uganda: community perceptions and provider opinions

Home-based management of fever in rural Uganda: community perceptions and provider opinions

Female Community Health Volunteers in Community-Based Health Programs of Nepal: Future Perspective

Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study

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