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Reflecting strategic and conforming gendered experiences of community health workers using photovoice in rural Wakiso district, Uganda
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first
contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in
establishing ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...
The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
This editorial discusses a collection of papers examining gender across a range of health policy and
systems contexts, from access to services, governance, health financing, and human resources for
health. The papers ...
Barriers to accessing maternal health care amongst pregnant adolescents in South Africa: a qualitative study
(Springer Nature, 2020)
This study explores the barriers to accessing antenatal care (ANC) services amongst pregnant adolescents within a particular community of South Africa. Methods: An exploratory qualitative design was applied to examine the ...
How are gender inequalities facing India’s one million ASHAs being addressed? Policy origins and adaptations for the world’s largest all-female community health worker programme
(Human Resources for Health, 2019)
Background: India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) programme consists of almost one million female community health workers (CHWs). Launched in 2005, there is now an ASHA in almost every village and across many ...
Integrating community health assistant-driven sexual and reproductive health services in the community health system in Nyimba district in Zambia: Mapping key actors, points of integration, and conditions shaping the process
(Reproductive Health, 2019)
Introduction: Although large scale public sector community health worker programs have been key in providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in low- A nd middle-income countries, their integration process ...
How are gender equality and human rights interventions included in sexual and reproductive health programmes and policies: A systematic review of existing research foci and gaps
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
The importance of promoting gender equality and human rights in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes and policies has been affirmed in numerous international and regional agreements, most recently the 2030 Agenda ...
Association between perceived built environmental attributes and physical activity among adults in South Africa
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)
Background: To investigate the association between perceived environmental attributes and leisure-time and transport-related physical activity. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey involving 671 South Africans aged ...
Factors impacting on menstrual hygiene and their implications for health promotion
(Sage, 2018)
Background: In the lives of women, puberty is marked by the onset of menarche. From this stage onwards until menopause, reproductive health and menstrual hygiene are important aspects of
women’s lives. In Zambia’s Western ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...