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    • Knowledge and performance of the Ethiopian health extension workers on antenatal and delivery care: a cross-sectional study 

      Medhanyie, Araya; Spigt, Marcus; Dinant, GeertJan; Blanco, Roman (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-11-21)
      Background: In recognition of the critical shortage of human resources within health services, community health workers have been trained and deployed to provide primary health care in developing countries. However, very few studies have investigated whether these health workers can provide good quality of care. This study investigated the knowledge and performance of health extension workers ...

    • The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study 

      Medhanyie, Araya; Spigt, Marcus; Kifle, Yohannes; Schaay, Nikki; Sanders, David; Blanco, Roman; GeertJan, Dinant; Berhane, Yemane (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Community health workers are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. Since 2003 the government of Ethiopia has been deploying specially trained new cadres of community based health workers named health extension workers (HEWs). This initiative has been called the health extension program. Very few studies have investigated the role of these community health workers in improving ...