OBJECTIVES:
Recognize the strengths and limitations of CHWs in healthcare in low resource settings
Describe the background of CHWs in the context of Primary Health Care
Summarize the evidence supporting the roles and need for supervision and support of CHWs
INSTRUCTIONS:
See instructions below. This module is coordinated with a live session with Dr O’Dea..
The online module portion should take around 0.5 hours to complete.
MODULE COMPONENTS:
COMPLETE: Community Health Worksheets (We will be completing this in class; copies will be provided.)
READ: Community Health Workers: What do we know about them? A report from WHO (Please read Executive Summary before session.)
REFERENCE: Community Health Workers in Family Medicine Resident Education
MODULE REFERENCES/EXTRAS:
WHO CHW Global Funding & Trends: WHO Bulletin 2019 Offers helpful figures/tables and a sample box study on Botswana