Accompanimeter 1.0: creation and initial field testing of a tool to assess the extent to which the principles and building blocks of accompaniment are present in community health worker programs.

ABSTRACT: Background: The strategic incorporation of community health workers (CHWs) into health system strengthening efforts is recognized as a critical and high-value approach for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015. How to best build CHW programs, however, is prone to a wide variety of opinions and philosophies, many of which are often externally imposed. Partners in Health (PIH) is a non-governmental organization that pioneered an approach to healthcare system strengthening, called accompaniment, in which CHWs play a key role. Learning from PIH is a critical first step in replicating the organization's achievements beyond PIH. As such, PIH has developed a tool, referred to as the 'Accompanimeter 1.0,' that serves to evaluate existing CHW programs a

SUBMITTER: Carrasco H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913655 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature