Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales

Christopher David Johnson; Jane Noyes; Andy Haines; Kathrin Thomas; Chris Stockport; Antonio Neves Ribas; Matthew Harris

doi:10.1186/1744-8603-9-25

Learning from the Brazilian community health worker model in North Wales

Christopher David Johnson
, Jane Noyes
, Andy Haines
, Kathrin Thomas
, Chris Stockport
, Antonio Neves Ribas
, Matthew Harris

Public Health Wales
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ministry of Health, Esplanada dos Ministérios
Imperial College London

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Abstract

Health policymakers in many countries are looking at ways of increasing health care coverage by scaling up the deployment of community health workers. In this commentary, we describe the rationale for the UK to learn from Brazil's scaled-up Community Health Worker primary care strategy, starting with a pilot project in North Wales.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25
Journal	Globalization and health
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-9-25
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2013

Keywords

Brazil
Community Health Workers
Humans
Models, Organizational
Organizational Innovation
Pilot Projects
Primary Health Care
Wales
Journal Article

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