Training for Community Health - Bridging the global health care gap
Training for Community Health - Bridging the global health care gap
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社区健康培训 - 缩小全球医疗保健差距
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198866244.003.0006
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发表时间:
2021
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Nagraj S
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Nagraj S
Training and supervision of community health workers (CHWs) has traditionally relied upon face-to-face methods of delivery. However, the landscape of training and supervision is changing. Improved mobile Internet connectivity worldwide, and the rise of affordable technologies, including low-cost mobile and smartphone devices (GSMA, 2019), have potential to transform the delivery of training and supervision to CHWs. Technology has been used with beneficial results in the training and supervision of CHWs through mobile Health (mHealth) platforms that: share clinical information and multimedia resources (Florez-Arango et al., 2011); provide real-time clinical decision support to support learning (Adepoju et al., 2017); provide remote supervision (Modi et al., 2019); and support the creation of professional networks through social media groups (Henry et al., 2016). Basic mobile phones can be used to provide training and supervision through interactive voice recognition (BBC Media Action, 2015; Amref, 2020) and SMS text messages (Zurovac et al., 2011; DeRenzi et al., 2012). Advances in technology have also enabled delivery of innovative and affordable training to learners worldwide using smartphone-based educational games, virtual reality, augmented reality, and massive open access online courses (MOOCs). Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) is the use of technology to facilitate learning. Technology may be used exclusively, or in combination with more traditional face-to-face approaches (blended learning). Blended approaches to learning have been recommended for the training of CHWs (WHO, 2018), and may be particularly useful in low-resource settings, where access to face-to-face training and supervision is challenging (Mastellos et al., 2018). A core learning curriculum for CHWs has been proposed by the World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2018), with potential for contextual adaption to meet