We are not aware of any studies that measure the amount of time a community-level worker spends on average with each woman in the project.
CBOs rely on volunteerism because Government and donors are reluctant to fund costs outside of core services to a target group, and rarely support payments to community level workers [ 3].
Nevertheless, an important limitation of the strategy to use community level workers, such as ASHAs, to improve household acceptability of immunization was often observed during home visits.
CGPP and UNICEF implement synchronized social mobilization activities using community level workers called community mobilization coordinators (CMCs).
The dynamic between various community level workers, the TBA, the ASHA and the female health worker will be explored.
The program involves a two-tiered training of rapid response teams and training of Expanded Program of Immunisation (EPI) volunteers and community level workers.
There were no community level workers and only very few nurses with ophthalmic training; there is a need for a better mix of professional, mid-level and community-level staff to increase access, demand and efficiency.
The framework highlighted in the study moves beyond clinical factors to address the issue of care provided by community level workers in terms of birth preparedness, knowledge of women/family members to identify danger signs and availability of transport, which plays a key role in accessing health services.
Since the prevalence of any form of depression including the mild forms, is high, we recommend that community-based mental health programmes be strengthened to increase knowledge and skills of community level workers to deal with common mental health and psychosocial issues and psychosocial problem solving.
The HEP is implemented through the deployment of health extension workers (HEWs) at a community level (17).
These have been rehearsed here and have been used as a platform in other states for forest management on a more community level" (NGO worker, Oaxaca).
