PHM-Exch> Lay or community health workers can improve the health of children (9)

[Claudio Schuftan]

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From: Sara Javanparast Sara.Javanparast at flinders.edu.au

 Community Health Worker program in Iran is also an excellent example of
successful and sustained program commenced 30 years ago. CHWs are selected
and supported by their own community as well as health system. They are
trained, supervised and paid by health system which seem to be important
factors in their sustainability. CHWs have had strong contribution to rural
health in Iran and in norrowing the rural-urban gap in many health
indicators.

Currently our research team is undertaking a study (as part of the
Teasdale-Corti project) to investigate the contribution of CHWs to the
implementation of comprehensive primary health care in rural settings
of Iran which the results could contribute to the knowledge in this area.

Sara Javanparast
Discipline of Public Health
Flinders Univeristy
Australia
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