"You go an extra mile": a qualitative study of community health worker perspectives in a health promotion intervention in urban South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative in South Africa, the Bukhali health promotion intervention is being implemented by community health workers (CHW's) with young women in urban Soweto. The perspectives of these CHW's have not been fully explored.

Methods

A qualitative study was conducted to describe CHW's perspectives and experiences of delivering the Bukhali intervention. Three focus groups were conducted with the 13 CHWs employed at the time of the study, and a thematic approach was taken to data analysis.

Results

Themes identified included: contextual realities for participants and CHWs, building relationships with participants, workload, emotional toll, and learning and development. Since they are recruited from Soweto, CHWs experienced

SUBMITTER: Draper CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11668093 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature