How do gender relations affect the working lives of close to community health service providers? Empirical research, a review and conceptual framework

Rosalind Steege, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Rosalind McCollum, Kate Hawkins, Hermen Ormel, Maryse Kok, Sabina Rashid, Lilian Otiso, Mohsin Sidat, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Daniel Gemechu Datiko, Rukhsana Ahmed, Rachel Tolhurst, Woedem Gomez and Sally Theobald

Social Science & Medicine, 2018, vol. 209, issue C, 1-13

Abstract: Close-to-community (CTC) providers have been identified as a key cadre to progress universal health coverage and address inequities in health service provision due to their embedded position within communities. CTC providers both work within, and are subject to, the gender norms at community level but may also have the potential to alter them. This paper synthesises current evidence on gender and CTC providers and the services they deliver.

Keywords: Gender; Community health workers; Close-to-community provider; Community health service delivery; Health system strengthening; Africa; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.002

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