article · African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa

Aneesa Moolla
Peter C. Rockers
Lezanie Coetzee
Constance Mongwenyana
M Zuckerman
Anne Robertson
Aisha K. Yousafzai
Gert Marincowitz
Davidson H. Hamer
F. A. Günther
Denise Evans

20243 citationsOpen accessUniversity of the Witwatersrand

Abstract

Community health workers play a crucial role in healthcare; therefore, capacity development on ECD and the provision of ECD screening tools to optimise their under-five child visits are necessary.Contribution: This study will potentially contribute to the improvement of the CHW programme in ensuring that children under 5 years of age are holistically cared for to ensure that they thrive.

Research topics

Child Nutrition and Water Access
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Global Maternal and Child Health

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DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4412

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