Introducing two new resources for community health worker 15 oct2013
1. Introducing Two New Resources for
Community Health Worker
Programming
Allison Foster and Ram Shreshta,
URC/ASSIST
Henry Perry, Johns Hopkins University
Karen LeBan, CORE Group
2. Workshop Schedule
⢠9-10 AM
Presentation of the resources
⢠10-10:45 AM Small group interaction with
the resources
⢠10:45-11:45
⢠11:45-12:00
Discussion
Wrap up
3. The Reference Guide
⢠The process of developing and writing the
Reference Guide: Karen Leban
⢠The content of the Reference Guide:
Henry Perry
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5. Senior Writing Team
⢠Lauren Crigler, Crigler Global Consulting, formerly with the
USAID-funded Health Care Improvement (HCI) Project
⢠Claire Glenton, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health
Services
⢠Steve Hodgins, Saving Newborn Lives, formerly with
Maternal and Child Health Integrated Project (MCHIP)
⢠Karen LeBan, The CORE Group
⢠Simon Lewin, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health
Services and Medical Research Council of South Africa
⢠Henry Perry, Department of International Health, Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
6. Other Senior Authors
⢠Iain W. Aitken, previously with Management Sciences
for Health and Harvard School of Public
⢠Health
⢠Christopher Colvin, University of Cape Town School of
Public Health (South Africa)
⢠Jessica Gergen, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health
⢠Wanda Jaskiewicz, CapacityPlus/IntraHealth
International
⢠Sharon Tsui, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health
7. Collaborating Authors
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Shelly Amieva, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Peter Berman, Harvard School of Public Health
Rachel Deussom, CapacityPlus/IntraHealth International
Dena Javadi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Uta Lehman, University of Western Cape School of Public Health
(South Africa)
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afsar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health
Kerry Scott, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Francisco Sierra-Esteban, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine
Rose Zulliger, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
8. TOC: Section 1: Setting the Stage
⢠Chapter 1. Introduction (Steve Hodgins, Lauren Crigler,
and Henry Perry)
⢠Chapter 2. A Brief History of CHW Programs (Henry
Perry)
⢠Chapter 3. National Planning for Community Health
Worker Programs Planning (Jessica Gergen, Lauren
Crigler, and Henry Perry
⢠Chapter 4. Governing Large-Scale Community Health
Worker Programs (Simon Lewin and Uta Lehmann)
⢠Chapter 5. The Financing of Large-Scale Community
Health Worker Programs (Henry Perry, Francisco SierraEsteban, and Peter Berman)
9. Section 2: Human Resources
⢠Chapter 6. Community Health Worker Roles and Tasks
(Claire Glenton and Dena Javadi)
⢠Chapter 7. Recruitment of Community Health Workers
(Wanda Jaskiewicz and Rachel Deussom)
⢠Chapter 8. Training of Community Health Workers for
Large-Scale Programs (Iain Aitken)
⢠Chapter 9. Supervision (Lauren Crigler, Jessica Gergen
and Henry Perry)
⢠Chapter 10. What Motivates Community Health
Workers? Designing Programs that Incentivize
Community Health Worker Performance and Retention
Incentives (Christopher Colvin)
10. Section 3: CHW Programs in Context
⢠Chapter 11. Community Health Worker Relationships
with Other Parts of the Health System (Henry Perry,
Steve Hodgins, Lauren Crigler, and Karen LeBan)
⢠Chapter 12. Community Participation in Large-Scale
Community Health Worker Programs (Karen LeBan,
Henry Perry, Lauren Crigler, and Christpher Colvin)
11. Section 4. Achieving Impact
⢠Chapter 13. Scaling Up and Maintaining Effective
Community Health Worker Programs at Scale (Steve
Hodgins, Simon Lewin, Sharon Tsui and Henry Perry)
⢠Chapter 14. Measurement and Data Use for
Community Health Services (Steve Hodgins, Dena
Javadi and Henry Perry)
⢠Chapter 15. Wrap up (Henry Perry, Lauren Crigler, and
Steve Hodgins)
12. Appendix
⢠Appendix 1. Case Studies of Large-Scale
Community Health Worker Programs: Examples
from Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Iran,
Nepal and Pakistan (Henry Perry, Rose Zulliger,
Kerry Scott, Dena Javadi, and Jess Gergen)
⢠Appendix 2. Current Perspectives of Large Scale
Community Health Worker Programs: Summary
of Findings from Key Informants Opinions (Sharon
Tsui, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Rose Zulliger and
Henry Perry)
13. How the Decision Tool and Reference
Guide Fit âHand and Gloveâ
Decision Tool
⢠Shorter (40 pages)
⢠Quick to use for specific
question with quick links to
other sources
⢠Meant to be used
exclusively as a web-based
resource
Reference Guide
⢠Longer (>400 pages)
⢠Requires more time to
digest content, âacademic
discourseâ
⢠Meant to be used as a
âfree-standingâ document
or a web-based resource
14. How the Decision Tool and Reference
Guide Fit âHand and Gloveâ
Decision Tool
⢠Extensive link to the webbased tools and resources
⢠Limited links to peerreviewed literature
⢠Description of case studies
very brief, though many
examples included
Reference Guide
⢠Limited links to web-based
resources
⢠Numerous references to
peer-reviewed literature
⢠Description of case studies
more extensive (including
Appendix with detailed case
studies of large-scale CHW
programs in 6 countries)
15. How the Decision Tool and Reference
Guide Fit âHand and Gloveâ
Decision Tool
⢠Oriented primarily (but not
exclusively) to programs
that use volunteer CHWs
Reference Guide
⢠Oriented exclusively to
large-scale CHW programs
16. Four Questions
⢠Did you get the information you need?
⢠How did you use the resources to respond
to the scenario?
⢠What information is missing?
⢠How could the resources be made to be
more user-friendly?