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The status of Ghanaian community health workers' supervision and service delivery: descriptive analyses from the 2017 Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey.
| العنوان: | The status of Ghanaian community health workers' supervision and service delivery: descriptive analyses from the 2017 Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey. |
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| المؤلفون: | Schwarz D; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.; Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Kim JH; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Ratcliffe H; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Bell G; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Awoonor-Williams JK; Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ghana Health Services, Accra, Ghana., Nimako B; Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ghana Health Services, Accra, Ghana., Otupiri E; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Lipsitz S; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.; Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215, USA., Hirschhorn L; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA., Bitton A; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.; Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. |
| المصدر: | Gates open research [Gates Open Res] 2019 Aug 23; Vol. 3, pp. 1468. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 23 (Print Publication: 2019). |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101717821 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2572-4754 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 25724754 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Gates Open Res Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Seattle, WA : Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, [2017]- |
| مستخلص: | Introduction: Community-based services are a critical component of high-quality primary healthcare. Ghana formally launched the National Community Health Worker (CHW) program in 2014, to augment the pre-existing Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS). To date, however, there is scant data about the program's implementation. We describe the current supervision and service delivery status of CHWs throughout the country. Methods: Data were collected regarding CHW supervision and service delivery during the 2017 round of the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey. Descriptive analyses were performed by facility type, supervisor type, service delivery type, and regional distribution. Results: Over 80% of CHWs had at least monthly supervision interactions, but there was variability in the frequency of interactions. Frequency of supervision interactions did not vary by facility or supervisor type. The types of services delivered by CHWs varied greatly by facility type and region. Community mobilization, health education, and outreach for loss-to-follow-up were delivered by over three quarters of CHWs, while mental health counseling and postnatal care are provided by fewer than one third of CHWs. The Western region and Greater Accra had especially low rates of CHW service provision. Non-communicable disease treatment, which is not included in the national guidelines, was reportedly provided by some CHWs in nine out of ten regions. Conclusions: Overall, this study demonstrates variability in supervision frequency and CHW activities. A high proportion of CHWs already meet the expected frequency of supervision. Meanwhile, there are substantial differences by region of CHW service provision, which requires further research, particularly on novel CHW services such as non-communicable disease treatment. While there are important limitations to these data, these findings can be instructive for Ghanaian policymakers and implementers to target improvement initiatives for community-based services. Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: CHPS; Ghana; community health workers; primary health care; universal health coverage |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20190925 Latest Revision: 20200930 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC6600081 |
| DOI: | 10.12688/gatesopenres.12979.3 |
| PMID: | 31294420.2. Version: 2. Publisher Version ID: 3. Version Date: 2019/08/23 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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