Roza Abesha
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1286623 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Roza Abesha |
| NOMBRES | Roza |
| APELLIDO | Abesha |
| FIRMA | ABESHA R |
| AFILIACIONES | Bahir Dar University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Moving away from volunteerism in community health? Motivations and wellbeing among urban and rural Ethiopian volunteers
Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers
INTRODUCTION: Across a variety of settings, women in tenuous financial circumstances are drawn to community health work as a way to advance themselves in the context of limited employment options. Female Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often preferred because they can more easily access mothers and children; at the same time, gender norms are at the heart of many of the challenges and inequities that these workers encounter. Here, we explore …
How Do Rural Ethiopians Rate the Severity of Water Insecurity Scale Items? Implications for Water Insecurity Measurement and Interventions
Recently developed scales aim to advance understanding of household water insecurity and inform interventions to address this critical global problem. The relative severity of items included in household water insecurity scales has been established as an inverse of the proportion of the population that reports experiencing the item. Here, we assess subjective perceptions of scale item severity among people who experience household water insecurit…
Political connections and psychosocial wellbeing among Women's Development Army leaders in rural amhara, Ethiopia
Does volunteer community health work empower women? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Women’s Development Army
Of the millions of Community Health Workers (CHWs) serving their communities across the world, there are approximately twice as many female CHWs as there are male. Hiring women has in many cases become an ethical expectation, in part because working as a CHW is often seen as empowering the CHW herself to enact positive change in her community. This article draws on interviews, participant observation, document review and a survey carried out in r…
Psychosocial distress among unpaid community health workers in rural Ethiopia
Volunteers in Ethiopia’s women’s development army are more deprived and distressed than their neighbors
In rural Amhara, women who seek out and/or are sought and recruited for leader roles in the WDA are a population living in precarity. In several domains, they experience even more hardship than their neighbors. These findings highlight a need for careful attention and further research into processes of volunteer CHW selection, and to determine whether or not volunteering for CHW programs increases socioeconomic and health risks among volunteers. …
Does volunteer community health work empower women? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Women’s Development Army
Of the millions of Community Health Workers (CHWs) serving their communities across the world, there are approximately twice as many female CHWs as there are male. Hiring women has in many cases become an ethical expectation, in part because working as a CHW is often seen as empowering the CHW herself to enact positive change in her community. This article draws on interviews, participant observation, document review and a survey carried out in r…
Psychosocial distress among unpaid community health workers in rural Ethiopia
Political connections and psychosocial wellbeing among Women's Development Army leaders in rural amhara, Ethiopia
Volunteers in Ethiopia’s women’s development army are more deprived and distressed than their neighbors
In rural Amhara, women who seek out and/or are sought and recruited for leader roles in the WDA are a population living in precarity. In several domains, they experience even more hardship than their neighbors. These findings highlight a need for careful attention and further research into processes of volunteer CHW selection, and to determine whether or not volunteering for CHW programs increases socioeconomic and health risks among volunteers. …
Does volunteer community health work empower women? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Women’s Development Army
Of the millions of Community Health Workers (CHWs) serving their communities across the world, there are approximately twice as many female CHWs as there are male. Hiring women has in many cases become an ethical expectation, in part because working as a CHW is often seen as empowering the CHW herself to enact positive change in her community. This article draws on interviews, participant observation, document review and a survey carried out in r…
Psychosocial distress among unpaid community health workers in rural Ethiopia
How Do Rural Ethiopians Rate the Severity of Water Insecurity Scale Items? Implications for Water Insecurity Measurement and Interventions
Recently developed scales aim to advance understanding of household water insecurity and inform interventions to address this critical global problem. The relative severity of items included in household water insecurity scales has been established as an inverse of the proportion of the population that reports experiencing the item. Here, we assess subjective perceptions of scale item severity among people who experience household water insecurit…
Political connections and psychosocial wellbeing among Women's Development Army leaders in rural amhara, Ethiopia
Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers
INTRODUCTION: Across a variety of settings, women in tenuous financial circumstances are drawn to community health work as a way to advance themselves in the context of limited employment options. Female Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often preferred because they can more easily access mothers and children; at the same time, gender norms are at the heart of many of the challenges and inequities that these workers encounter. Here, we explore …
Moving away from volunteerism in community health? Motivations and wellbeing among urban and rural Ethiopian volunteers
Medicine (6 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 obras) · Population (3 obras) · Context (archaeology (2 obras) · Economic growth (2 obras)