Community Health Aides - Psychology
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Vietnamese-American women underutilize breast cancer screening. DESIGN: An RCT was conducted comparing the effect of lay health workers (LHWs) and media education (ME) to ME alone on breast cancer screening among these women. ... Read more...

Repercussions of violence on the mental health of workers of the Family Health Program.

3 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe forms of external and indirect violence that affect the mental health of workers of the Programa Saúde da Família (Family Health Program), as well as the strategies developed by these workers to enable their work and to be ... Read more...

The education of Romany health and social assistants in the Czech Republic.

30 May 2009 AIM: This paper presents the Czech national pilot project - the first educational course of Romany health and social assistants for community work with the Romany population in excluded communities. BACKGROUND: The Romany people are the biggest ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Community Health Aides - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach. 29 Sep 2009
• Repercussions of violence on the mental health of workers of the Family Health Program. 3 Jun 2009
• The education of Romany health and social assistants in the Czech Republic. 30 May 2009
• "Una persona derechita (staying right in the mind)": perceptions of Spanish-speaking Mexican American older adults in South Texas colonias. 30 May 2009
• The use of antenatal and postnatal care: perspectives and experiences of women and health care providers in rural southern Tanzania. 2 Mar 2009
• Psychological well-being and social support among elders employed as lay helpers. 30 Dec 2008
• [Representations of aging for community health agents and nursing professionals: psychological aspects of the health-disease process] 29 Jun 2008
• [Community health workers and tuberculosis control: knowledge and perceptions] 30 May 2008
• Evidence-based training of frontline health workers for door-to-door health promotion: a pilot randomized controlled cluster trial with Lady Health Workers in Sindh Province, Pakistan. 16 Apr 2008
• Training needs, practices and barriers in the work of community reproductive health workers in Masindi district, Uganda. 30 Mar 2008
• Perspectives of personal support workers and ventilator-users on training needs. 3 Mar 2008
• [The identity of the community healthcare agent: a phenomenological approach] 30 Dec 2007
• A research evaluation of health support workers in a Sure Start project. 30 Oct 2007
• Impact of home-based management of malaria on health outcomes in Africa: a systematic review of the evidence. 6 Oct 2007
• SONRISA: a curriculum toolbox for promotores to address mental health and diabetes. 13 Sep 2007
• Lay educators in asthma self management: reflections on their training and experiences. 25 Jul 2007
• A comparison of HIV/AIDS awareness between self-help group leaders and other women in the villages of Primary Health Centre, Anji. 30 May 2007
• The relationship between personal traits and job satisfaction among Taiwanese community health volunteers. 30 May 2007
• Volunteering as a community mother--a pathway to lifelong learning. 29 Apr 2007
• Relationship between personality traits, job satisfaction, and job involvement among Taiwanese community health volunteers. 29 Apr 2007

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Technical information about 'Community Health Aides'

Definition: Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.

Descriptor UI: D003150

Alternative terms: Community Health Aides; Aide, Community Health; Aides, Community Health; Community Health Aide; Health Aide, Community; Health Aides, Community; Village Health Worker; Health Worker, Village; Health Workers, Village; Village Health Workers; Worker, Village Health; Workers, Village Health; Family Planning Personnel; Personnel, Family Planning; Planning Personnel, Family; Family Planning Personnel Characteristics; Barefoot Doctors; Barefoot Doctor; Doctor, Barefoot; Doctors, Barefoot; Community Workers; Community Worker; Worker, Community; Workers, Community;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.067.080; N02.360.067.080;

History Note: 71

Technical Notes: IM