Open AccessChallenges experienced by community health workers and their motivation to attend a self-management programme
Author(s) -
Levona Johnson,
Laura H. Schopp,
Firdouza Waggie,
José M. Frantz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
african journal of primary health care and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2071-2936
pISSN - 2071-2928
DOI - 10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.2911
Subject(s) - empowerment , medicine , nursing , self management , action plan , qualitative research , public relations , economic growth , political science , sociology , ecology , social science , machine learning , computer science , economics , biology
Community health workers (CHWs) are change agents expected to assist in decreasing the global burden of disease in the communities they serve. However, they themselves have health risk behaviours, which predispose them to non-communicable diseases and thus need to be empowered to make better health choices. There is a gap in literature detailing the challenges faced by CHWs in addressing their own health risk behaviours.