Community health workers for health systems resilience during COVID-19: protocol for qualitative evidence synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 exposed the fragility of health systems, where even the most basic health services in high-income and low-income and middle-income nations could not withstand the health systems shock due to the pandemic. Community health workers (CHWs) can contribute to improving the resilience of health systems, specifically to withstand shocks and emergencies and to avoid disruptions of routine service delivery. We aim to explore and understand the 'individual' and 'systems-level' resilience factors that shaped the involvement of CHWs in the COVID-19 response.

Methods and analysis

We will search five electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, CINAHL and SciELO (Spanish)) and conduct citation screening to identify studies on CHWs' response during the COVI

SUBMITTER: Adsul N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973548 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature