Community health system capacities and capabilities within an evolving community health policy framework: mixed methods study of stakeholders in central Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Empowering communities through identifying and unlocking community capacities and capabilities is vital for improving community health systems. This study assessed the community health system's status quo and readiness for implementing a government-led, partner-supported community health worker project.

Design

A mixed methods cross-sectional study.

Setting

Two districts and one city in central Uganda.

Participants

21 key informants (KIIs) with district leaders, 4 focus group discussions (FGDs) with community health workers (CHWs) termed as village health teams in the Ugandan setting and a survey of 487 CHWs and 419 pregnant women who had childbirth 12 months before.

Study measures

KIIs and FGDs explored community health system resources using

SUBMITTER: Kabanda R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749817 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature