Community-based Primary Health Care Interest/Advisory Group (CBPHC)
Reference Documents and Links
Books (Note: Links for books go to Amazon.com)
- Jamkhed: A Comprehensive Rural Health Project by Mabelle Arole, Rajanikant Arole, and Carl E. Taylor.
- The People of Jamkhed: Comprehensive Rural Health Project in India by Judith Kramer and Sunil Das
- Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures. By Taylor-Ide, D. & Taylor, C.E. (2002). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press in cooperation with Future Generations. Just and Lasting Change is a comprehensive guide to transforming communities rapidly and in locally appropriate ways... With contributions from leading international experts in community-based development and public health, Just and Lasting Change offers a hopeful description of how people have made a difference in divers communities around the world and a practical, accessible handbook for trying to improve the quality of life in underdeveloped communities everywhere." Chapter 12 (pp. 150-167) is by Mabelle and Raj Arole titled "Jamkhed, India: The Evolution of a World Training Center".
Links
- TheLancet.com Global Health Series
- Description of Jamkhed Center in December 2008 National Geographic magazine: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/community-doctors/rosenberg-text
- Ethiopia system of community health extension workers http://cnhde.ei.columbia.edu/programs/hep/ includes list of training centers and contents of training packages.—web site of the Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia, related to the Earth Institute of Columbia University.
- Ethiopia’s community health extension workers. This is a paper entitled “Study of working conditions of community health extension workers in Ethiopia.” It explores their work and the obstacles/challenges they face. http://ejhd.uib.no/ejhd-v21-n3/246%20Study%20of%20the%20Workeing%20Conditions%20of%20Health%20Extension%20Workers%20in%20Ethiopia.pdf
- Future Generations http://www.future.org/ (Carl Taylor listed in staff list).
- Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) http://www.hciproject.org/ is described as follows ( at: http://www.hciproject.org/about )
The USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) is a five-year, $150 million task order contract issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support countries in improving the quality and impact of health services. Guided by the vision that health care quality can be significantly improved by applying proven quality improvement methods, the HCI Project assists national and local programs to scale up evidence-based interventions and improve outcomes in child health, maternal and newborn care, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and reproductive health. The project also seeks to help countries expand coverage of essential services; make services better meet the needs of underserved populations, especially women; improve efficiency and reduce the costs of poor quality; and improve health worker capacity, motivation, and retention.
- Human Resources for Health (HRH) http://www.hrhresourcecenter.org A Digital Library Devoted to Human Resources for Health (HRH). The HRH Global Resource Center is a global library of human resources for health (HRH) resources focused on developing countries. As a user driven site, we highly encourage your suggestions and feedback through our Contact Us page and the User Survey. HRH articles on community health workers: http://www.hrhresourcecenter.org/taxonomy/term/47 . The GRC also offers:
- US AID Web site for community primary health care matters.
Articles
- Final CBPHC Report to ERP 7 July 2009. Click here (PDF).
- Evaluation of CBPHC program at Mohulpahari Christian Hospital, Jharkhand, India by Dr. Shanti Minz, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Click here (Word).
- Village Health Promoters Program, Guatemala. The first proposal from the Health Promotion Task Force of the Saint Paul Area Synod Companion Synod Committee, April, 2008. Click here (PDF)
- Village Health Promoters Program, Guatemala. Health Concerns Survey form administered in villages where ILAG (Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala), the Lutheran Church in Guatemala, has congregations. The results of the survey formed the basis for the subsequent Village Health Promoters training program. Click here (PDF)
- Village Health Promoters Program, Guatemala. Summary of health promoter education programs conducted in July, 2008 and March, 2009, including curriuculum on medicinal plants of Guatemala. Click here (PDF)
- Village Health Promoters Program, Guatemala. Summary of health promoter training program conducted in July, 2009. Click here (PDF)
- "Helping People Help Themselves. Toward a Theory of Autonomy - Compatible Help" by David Ellerman. World Bank. Click here (PDF).
- "Demystifying Community Mobilization: An Effective Strategy to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health by Lisa Howard-Grabman and edited by Charlotte Storti in consultation with the ACCESS Program Community Mobilization Working Group. February 2007. USAID. Click here (PDF).
- Minz, Dr. Shanti Minz, “Evaluation of CBPHC program at Mohulpahari Christian Hospital, Jharkhand, India by, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.” Click here (Word).
- Perry, Henry B., M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., “Attaining health for all through community partnerships: principles of the census-based, impact-oriented (CBIO) approach to primary health care developed in Bolivia, South America.” Social Science and Medicine, 1999. Click here(PDF)
- Perry, Henry B., M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H “The Next Frontier of Global Health Programming:Task Shifting and Moving Effective Interventions from Health Facilities to Communities and Households.” University of Colorado-Denver, Jan. 12, 2011. Click here(PDF)
- Perry, Henry B., M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., “Searchers Who Are Improving Health in the Midst of Poverty.” Future Generations Occasional Paper # 8, August 2006. Click here(PDF)