Karen Finnegan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 8999866 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Karen Finnegan |
| NOMBRES | Karen |
| APELLIDO | Finnegan |
| FIRMA | FINNEGAN K |
| AFILIACIONES | PIVOT, Ranomafana, Madagascar |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Lessons from an eight-country community health data harmonization collaborative
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are individuals who are trained and equipped to provide essential health services to their neighbors and have increased access to healthcare in communities worldwide for more than a century. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline on Health Policy and System Support to Optimize Community Health Worker Programmes reveals important gaps in the evidentiary certainty about which health system…
Compensation models for community health workers
BACKGROUND: , there is an urgent need to better understand the types of CHW payment models and their implications. METHODS: This study examines the legal framework on CHW compensation in five countries: Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. In order to map the characteristics of each approach, a review of the regulatory framework governing CHW compensation in each country was undertaken. Law firms in each of the five countries were en…
Contribution of community health workers to improving access to timely and appropriate case management of childhood fever in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: (APEs). We assessed the contribution of the program to improved care-seeking and appropriate treatment of childhood febrile illness in Nampula Province. METHODS: We used a post-test quasi-experimental design with three intervention and one comparison districts to compare access and appropriateness of care for sick children in Nampula province. We carried out a household survey in the study districts to measure levels of care-seeking a…
Improving district facility readiness
BACKGROUND: While health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions are recommended by global health policy experts to improve population health in resource-limited settings, few examples exist of evaluations of HSS interventions conducted at the district level. In 2009, a partnership between Partners In Health (PIH), a non-governmental organization, and the Rwandan Ministry of Health (RMOH) was provided funds to implement and evaluate a district-…
Community-based DOT-Haart Accompaniment in an Urban Resource-Poor Setting
Validation and Abbreviation of an HIV Stigma Scale in an Adult Spanish-Speaking Population in Urban Peru
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Validation and Abbreviation of an HIV Stigma Scale in an Adult Spanish-Speaking Population in Urban Peru
Community-based DOT-Haart Accompaniment in an Urban Resource-Poor Setting
Improving district facility readiness
BACKGROUND: While health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions are recommended by global health policy experts to improve population health in resource-limited settings, few examples exist of evaluations of HSS interventions conducted at the district level. In 2009, a partnership between Partners In Health (PIH), a non-governmental organization, and the Rwandan Ministry of Health (RMOH) was provided funds to implement and evaluate a district-…
Contribution of community health workers to improving access to timely and appropriate case management of childhood fever in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: (APEs). We assessed the contribution of the program to improved care-seeking and appropriate treatment of childhood febrile illness in Nampula Province. METHODS: We used a post-test quasi-experimental design with three intervention and one comparison districts to compare access and appropriateness of care for sick children in Nampula province. We carried out a household survey in the study districts to measure levels of care-seeking a…
Compensation models for community health workers
BACKGROUND: , there is an urgent need to better understand the types of CHW payment models and their implications. METHODS: This study examines the legal framework on CHW compensation in five countries: Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. In order to map the characteristics of each approach, a review of the regulatory framework governing CHW compensation in each country was undertaken. Law firms in each of the five countries were en…
Lessons from an eight-country community health data harmonization collaborative
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are individuals who are trained and equipped to provide essential health services to their neighbors and have increased access to healthcare in communities worldwide for more than a century. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline on Health Policy and System Support to Optimize Community Health Worker Programmes reveals important gaps in the evidentiary certainty about which health system…
Medicine (5 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Public health (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Environmental health (3 obras) · Family medicine (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Economic growth (2 obras)