National UK programme of community health workers for COVID-19 response

Similar protocols are already in place and used by CHWs in diverse settings—eg, as part of the Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness.5 Additionally, home visits for vulnerable people would allow CHWs to assess whether individuals have adequate supplies of food and medicines for long...

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Published in:The Lancet 2020-04, Vol.395 (10231), p.1173-1175
Main Authors: Haines, Andy, de Barros, Enrique Falceto, Berlin, Anita, Heymann, David L, Harris, Matthew J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident prevention
Betacoronavirus
Brazil - epidemiology
Children
Collaboration
Comment
Community Health Workers - education
Community Health Workers - statistics & numerical data
Community Health Workers - supply & distribution
Community Health Workers - trends
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease control
Education
Employment
Food supply
Health problems
Health Promotion - statistics & numerical data
Health Promotion - trends
Households
Humans
Hygiene
Medical personnel
Mental disorders
Mental health
Older people
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Primary care
Program Development - statistics & numerical data
Public health
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
State Medicine - trends
Students
Supervision
Training
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Viral diseases
Workforce
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Summary:Similar protocols are already in place and used by CHWs in diverse settings—eg, as part of the Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness.5 Additionally, home visits for vulnerable people would allow CHWs to assess whether individuals have adequate supplies of food and medicines for long-term conditions, are aware of basic hygiene precautions, and whether they have mental health problems. Marco Di Lauro/Stringer/Getty Images Entry criteria could include occupations that provide basic training in first aid or assessing medical emergencies, such as flight attendants, or registration on a health professional training programme. CHWs in Brazil have been established for many years, are well integrated into their communities, and provide a wide range of health and social care support activities to each of the 100–150 households that they are responsible for. [...]in Brazil, additional roles for preventing the spread of and supporting those infected with COVID-19 or in self-isolation could be integrated into the work of CHWs.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30735-2