Zulu, Joseph Mumba (2015) Integration of National Community Based Health Worker Programmes in Health Systems Lessons Learned from Zambia and Other Low and Middle Income Countries. PhD thesis, Umeå University.
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Abstract
To address the huge human resources for health (HRH) crisis that Zambia and other low and middle income countries (LMICs) are experiencing, most LMICs have engaged the services of small scale community-based health worker (CBHW) programmes. However, several challenges affect the CBHWs’ ability to deliver services. Integration of national CBHW programmes into health systems is an emerging innovative strategy for addressing the challenges. Integration is important because it facilitates recognition of CBHWs in the national primary health care system. However, the integration process has not been optimal, and a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that shape the integration process is lacking. This study aimed at addressing this gap by analysing the integration process of national CBHW programmes in health systems in LMICs, with a special emphasis on Zambia.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Human resources for health, National community-based health workers, Health Innovations, Integration, Health Systems, Low and middle income countries, Zambia. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | NLANDU Ephraim DIKUIZA |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2016 13:37 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2016 13:37 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/672 |
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