Angela Alva
Biographic Data
| ID | 6332815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angela Alva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angela |
| FAMILY NAME | Alva |
| SIGNATURE | ALVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Intercultural Citizenship and Indigenous Health Unit, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , Av. Honorio Delgado 430, San Martín de Porres 15012, Lima, Perú |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fortaleciendo el liderazgo de los agentes comunitarios de salud en la Amazonía peruana
Mamás del Río is a community-based intervention that, since 2015, has strengthened maternal and child health in the Peruvian Amazon by empowering community health workers. In July 2024, a leadership workshop was conducted with 24 Indigenous community health workers, employing participatory and intercultural methodologies. The workshop was structured in three stages: 1) participatory diagnosis, 2) capacity building, and (3) strategic planning. As …
Pathways of change for essential newborn care practices and health care seeking
In rural Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, access to quality care is difficult, home births are frequent, and neonatal mortality remains high. Peru has a large cadre of Community health workers (CHW), yet their potential is not harnessed. A recent outcome evaluation of a community-based intervention showed improvements in essential newborn care (ENC) for home births and small increases in facility births. To explain these findings, e…
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Fortaleciendo el liderazgo de los agentes comunitarios de salud en la Amazonía peruana
Mamás del Río is a community-based intervention that, since 2015, has strengthened maternal and child health in the Peruvian Amazon by empowering community health workers. In July 2024, a leadership workshop was conducted with 24 Indigenous community health workers, employing participatory and intercultural methodologies. The workshop was structured in three stages: 1) participatory diagnosis, 2) capacity building, and (3) strategic planning. As …
Pathways of change for essential newborn care practices and health care seeking
In rural Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, access to quality care is difficult, home births are frequent, and neonatal mortality remains high. Peru has a large cadre of Community health workers (CHW), yet their potential is not harnessed. A recent outcome evaluation of a community-based intervention showed improvements in essential newborn care (ENC) for home births and small increases in facility births. To explain these findings, e…
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (1 work) · Community Health and Development (1 work) · Focus group (1 work) · Global Maternal and Child Health (1 work) · Health care (1 work) · Health data (1 work) · Health promotion (1 work) · Health, psychology, and well-being (1 work) · Indigenous (1 work) · Intervention (counseling) (1 work)