Community Health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in serving poor and rural populations. CHWs are typically in the best position to promote preventive care and convey important health information. CHWs can encourage prompt care-seeking behavior, and detect and refer those at risk for tuberculosis, malaria, and other important diseases. CHWs also have the potential to collect information that is needed at the national level about disease burden and barriers to adopting necessary health practices. CHWs, however, often receive relatively little medical training, have high turnover, and have limited opportunities to reinforce their knowledge once they begin working in the field. They typically lack effective tools required to maintain the longitudinal records required to provide truly effective care. Furthermore, CHWs are difficult to organize and manage for the very reason they are so effective: that they live in the community and only rarely have contact with their supervisors.
Dimagi and D-Tree international are leading CommCare, a mobile-phone based application enables community health workers (CWHs) to provide better, more efficient care while also enabling better supervision and coordination of community health programs
Dimagi and D-Tree international are leading CommCare, a mobile-phone based application enables community health workers (CWHs) to provide better, more efficient care while also enabling better supervision and coordination of community health programs. Each CHW will have a phone running the CommCare software that will assist them in managing household visits and planning their day. CommCare will collect and report data that will help monitor and evaluate community health programs themselves.
Modules:
- Maternal Health
- Safe Pregnancy
- TB
- Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
- HIV
Technologies:
JavaRosa
RapidSMS
CommCareHQ
- Pathfinder
- BRAC
- Earth Institute/MVP
- D-Tree International
- Dimagi
CommCare Locations
Community Health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in serving poor and rural populations. CHWs are typically in the best position to promote preventive care and convey important health information. CHWs can encourage prompt care-seeking behavior, and detect and refer those at risk for tuberculosis, malaria, and other important diseases. CHWs also have the potential to collect information that is needed at the national level about disease burden and barriers to adopting necessary health practices. CHWs, however, often receive relatively little medical training, have high turnover, and have limited opportunities to reinforce their knowledge once they begin working in the field. They typically lack effective tools required to maintain the longitudinal records required to provide truly effective care. Furthermore, CHWs are difficult to organize and manage for the very reason they are so effective: that they live in the community and only rarely have contact with their supervisors.
Dimagi and D-Tree international are leading CommCare, a mobile-phone based application enables community health workers (CWHs) to provide better, more efficient care while also enabling better supervision and coordination of community health programs
Dimagi and D-Tree international are leading CommCare, a mobile-phone based application enables community health workers (CWHs) to provide better, more efficient care while also enabling better supervision and coordination of community health programs. Each CHW will have a phone running the CommCare software that will assist them in managing household visits and planning their day. CommCare will collect and report data that will help monitor and evaluate community health programs themselves.
Modules:
- Maternal Health
- Safe Pregnancy
- TB
- Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
- HIV
Technologies:
JavaRosa
RapidSMS
CommCareHQ
- Pathfinder
- BRAC
- Earth Institute/MVP
- D-Tree International
- Dimagi
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