Carey Westgate

Dados Biográficos

ID7826909
NOMECarey Westgate
PRENOMESCarey
SOBRENOMEWestgate
ASSINATURAWESTGATE C
AFILIAÇÕESCommunity Impact
ORCID0000-0003-4435-1286
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2020
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Trends in government and donor funding for vertical and horizontal community health worker programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessShivani Shukla, Lucia M Mupara et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: Community health worker (CHW) programmes are central to primary healthcare (PHC) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet who pays for them, how much, and whether funds favour vertical (single-disease) or horizontal (broader-focus) programmes remains unclear. This study examined trends in donor and government financing for CHW programmes across SSA. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of publicly available data. Organisation for Econ…

  • Essential aid made fully visible

    Open AccessCleo Baskin, Carey Westgate et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in extending healthcare services to underserved populations, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. Professional CHWs (proCHWs), who are salaried, skilled, supplied and supervised, are essential for achieving Universal Health Coverage and other global health goals. Despite the growing recognition of proCHWs, there is limited understanding of the global financing lan…

  • Community health worker perspectives on advocacy

    Open AccessNophiwe Job, Jamie Sewan Johnston et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: While community health workers (CHWs) are well-positioned as health advocates, they frequently lack support and feel undervalued. Advocacy training may prepare CHWs to support communities better. Methods: = 25) perceptions of advocacy and (2) describe how CHW involvement shaped course development. Data were collected via five discussion groups and seven surveys over six months. Results: Initially, the CHWs perceived themselves as co…

  • Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas

    Open AccessHenry B Perry, Ira Stollak et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2023

    The Project Area in which Curamericas/Guatemala implemented the CBIO+ Approach experienced a reduction in the prevalence of stunting and other measures of undernutrition in under-2 children. Given the burden of undernutrition in Guatemala and other parts of the world, this approach merits broader application and further evaluation

  • Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas

    Open AccessJason Lambden, Shayanne Martin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2023

    The CBIO+ Approach and its implementation by Curamericas/Guatemala was overall embraced by local staff. By eliciting feedback while the project was ongoing, actionable areas for improvement were identified

  • Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas

    Open AccessStanley Blanco, Mario Valdez et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2023

    This community-based Project has been effective in quickly achieving marked improvements in indicators for interventions that are important for the health of mothers and children. These achievements are notable in view of the challenging context in which the Project was implemented

  • Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas

    Open AccessHenry B Perry, Ira Stollak et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2023

    The baseline maternal mortality ratio is one of the highest in the Western hemisphere. There is strong evidence of a decline in maternal mortality in the Project Area. The evidence of a decline in neonatal and under-5 mortality is less robust. Childhood pneumonia and neonatal conditions were the leading causes of under-5 mortality. Expanding access to evidence-based community-based interventions for (1) prevention of postpartum hemorrhage, (2) ho…

  • Lessons from an eight-country community health data harmonization collaborative

    Open AccessMadeleine Ballard, Helen Elizabeth Olsen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    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

    Open AccessMadeleine Ballard, Carey Westgate et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    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…

  • Prioritising the role of community health workers in the Covid-19 response

    Open AccessMadeleine Ballard, Emily Bancroft et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health systems. Drawing from practitioner expertise across four WHO regions, this article outlines the targeted actions needed at different stages of the pandemic to achieve the following goals: (1) PROTECT healthcare workers, (2) INTERRUPT the virus, (3) MAIN…