Cargando…

The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

BACKGROUND: The current roles and capacity of community health workers (CHWs) in the management and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: To assess CHWs’ current roles, training and knowledge about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. METHO...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Tsolekile, Lungiswa P., Schneider, Helen, Puoane, Thandi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2018
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29781697 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v41i1.1815

Ejemplares similares

The roles of community health workers in management of non-communicable diseases in an urban township
por: Tsolekile, Lungiswa P., et al.
Publicado: (2014)

Training community health workers to screen for cardiovascular disease risk in the community: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa
por: Puoane, Thandi, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

An Exploration into the Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases Among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in Periurban South Africa
por: Stern, Ruth, et al.
Publicado: (2010)

Experiences in Developing and Implementing Health Clubs to Reduce Hypertension Risk among Adults in a South African Population in Transition
por: Puoane, Thandi R., et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Low intake of commonly available fruits and vegetables in socio-economically disadvantaged communities of South Africa: influence of affordability and sugary drinks intake
por: Okop, Kufre Joseph, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Perceptions of Community Members and Healthcare Workers on Male Involvement in Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission Services in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
por: Ladur, Alice Norah, et al.
Publicado: (2015)

Regional trade and the nutrition transition: opportunities to strengthen NCD prevention policy in the Southern African Development Community
por: Thow, Anne Marie, et al.
Publicado: (2015)

Patient experiences of ART adherence clubs in Khayelitsha and Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa: A qualitative study
por: Venables, Emilie, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Accessing HIV care may lead to earlier ascertainment of comorbidities in health care clients in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
por: Osei-Yeboah, Richard, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of physical activity levels among South African adults in Cape Town and Mount Frere communities in 2008-2009
por: Malambo, Pasmore, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

A descriptive study of treatment provision for problem alcohol drinking in adult males in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
por: Saban, Amina, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Effectiveness of Patient Adherence Groups as a Model of Care for Stable Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
por: Luque-Fernandez, Miguel Angel, et al.
Publicado: (2013)

Cost-effectiveness of Lifestyle Africa: an adaptation of the diabetes prevention programme for delivery by community health workers in urban South Africa
por: Whittington, Melanie D., et al.
Publicado: (2023)

“Big Food,” the Consumer Food Environment, Health, and the Policy Response in South Africa
por: Igumbor, Ehimario U., et al.
Publicado: (2012)

The association between hospital arrival time, transport method, prehospital time intervals, and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients presenting to Khayelitsha Hospital, Cape Town
por: Möller, Anders, et al.
Publicado: (2018)

Implementing text-messaging to support and enhance delivery of health behavior change interventions in low- to middle-income countries: case study of the Lifestyle Africa intervention
por: Materia, Frank T., et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Filling the treatment gap: developing a task sharing counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa
por: Nyatsanza, Memory, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program for low and middle-income countries: protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate ‘Lifestyle Africa’
por: Catley, Delwyn, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Long‐term virologic responses to antiretroviral therapy among HIV‐positive patients entering adherence clubs in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa: a longitudinal analysis
por: Kehoe, Kathleen, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Describing the categories of people that contribute to an Emergency Centre crowd at Khayelitsha hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
por: Ahiable, Emmanuel, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province
por: Nomatshila, Sibusiso Cyprian, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate “Lifestyle Africa” in South Africa
por: Catley, Delwyn, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Evaluation of household assessment data collected by community health workers in Cape Town, South Africa
por: Mash, Robert, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Some Cape Town Institutions
Publicado: (1897)

Hospital History of Cape Town
Publicado: (1924)

Using an adaptive, codesign approach to strengthen clinic-level immunisation services in Khayelitsha, Western Cape Province, South Africa
por: Timothy, Andrea, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

Engaging community health workers in maternal and infant death identification in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a pilot study
por: Igumbor, Jude, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review
por: Egbujie, Bonaventure Amandi, et al.
Publicado: (2018)

The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities
por: Hughes, Gail D, et al.
Publicado: (2013)

Knowledge, beliefs and practices of nurses with long-acting reversible contraception, Cape Town
por: Abrahams, Tracey-Leigh, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Cape Town, South Africa
por: Davies-van Es, S A, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Searching beyond the frontiers in Cape Town
Publicado: (2010)

The African context of the Cape Town Declaration
por: Peter, Zilla, et al.
Publicado: (2018)

Hypertension in adolescents and young adults referred to a tertiary hypertension clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
por: Jones, Erika S. W., et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa
por: Mwamba, Bupe, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

An evaluation of University of Cape Town medical students’ community placements in South Africa
por: Naidu, Claudia S., et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Eosionphilic oesophagitis in Cape Town, South Africa
por: Levin, Michael, et al.
Publicado: (2011)

Hospital Unification in Cape Town: The Method of Control
Publicado: (1915)

Report on the Sanitary Conditions of Cape Coast Town
por: Leith, R. F. C.
Publicado: (1903)

Providers' approaches to contraceptive provision in Cape Town
por: Fataar, Kulthum, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Cannot write session to /tmp/vufind_sessions/sess_7je5tpv6475h6tjtbhr02c631r