Evaluative Research in a Refugee Camp
The Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Khao I Dang Holding Center, Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898093 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheryl Keller, Lisa Polley Mongkolpuet |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 237-252 |
| Publication date | 1988-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1988.tb00673.x |
| PMID | 20958659 |
| OpenAlex | W2038582642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
An evaluation of Khmer refugee public health services found a strong cultural preference for older females as Community Health Workers (CHWs), in contrast to the young males employed. Class conflicts were identified between educated, upper-class CHWs and the uneducated camp majority. Poor community acceptance of the CHWs impaired their effectiveness, and was attributed to age, sex and socioeconomic barriers. Based on these evaluation findings, the refugee health program was restructured to include a preponderance of female workers. A repeat survey demonstrated enhanced program effectiveness following this change.Selection of refugee health workers should be based on intrinsic community roles, taking age, sex, socioeconomic and other group distinctions into account. Additional research is needed on the adaptation of community health principles to the refugee context
Community health · Community health center · Community health workers · Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Geography · Health services · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Population · Preference · Public health · Refugee · Socioeconomic status · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |