A3&4 Flashcards
He is a well-respected public servant who possesses an innate and/or developed quality of being service-oriented and is willing to advance community health development or help the community people
Community Health Worker
Activista
Mozambique
Anganwadi
India
Animatrice
Haiti
Barangay Health Worker
Philippines
Brigadista
Nicaragua
Kader
Indonesia
Promotora
Honduras
Shastho shebika
Bangladesh
Shastho karmis
the leaders of shastho shebika
Sevika
Nepal
People accepts his/her ideas, attitudes and skills without questions because of the substance of such ideas, attitudes, and skills
Well-respected.
He is a dedicated person from within community or province who is committed to carry on with community work
A Public Health Servant.
His character traits were present even at childhood.
Innate
His attitude of being service-oriented was acquired after observation, experiencing or exposure to the same hardships of life that the community experienced.
Developed
Programs he creates are geared towards self-reliance, transforming communities into something more sustainable, thus improving and maintaining the health status of the community.
Community Health Development.
declared that basic health care should be provided by health workers in villages.
The central government of China 1951
created as a reform of the Chinese medical education in the 1960s.
barefoot doctor scheme
They focus on prevention, education, maternal and child health care and collecting disease information.
barefoot doctor scheme
They function as the representative of community members to fight against inequities and advocate community rights and needs to government structures.
Village health workers
ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF A CHW
- Primary Health Care Provider
- Community Health Development Worker
- Observes, documents and records activities
- Facilitator
- Health Educator
promotes the health of entire communities and populations
public health
understands that the primary cause of illness and health are more than access to health care
Public health
aims to influence social determinants of health by primarily advocating for policies to assure that basic resources and rights for all people.
public health
- Self-sacrifice
- Dedicated
- With Missionary Spirit
- Positive response to Community Service - Lifetime service to others
- Empathy to the marginalized Sectors
Service-oriented
- Does not mean shielding the community from hardships necessary for growth - Makes self-available for the needy
Genuine Love and care for people
- Open-mindedness
- Recognizes and accepts strengths and limitations
- Accepts criticisms constructively
Openness and humility
- Knows the community life
- Aware of the hardships of the people
Resident of the community