2020
Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19, and Willingness to Work during the Pandemic in Nepal
Upadhyaya DP, Paudel R, Acharya D, Khoshnood K, Lee K, Park JH, Yoo SJ, Shrestha A, Bc B, Bhandari S, Yadav R, Timalsina A, Wagle CN, Das BK, Kunwar R, Chalise B, Bhatta DR, Adhikari M. Frontline Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19, and Willingness to Work during the Pandemic in Nepal. Healthcare 2020, 8: 554. PMID: 33322486, PMCID: PMC7764814, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare8040554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrontline healthcare workersPublic health workersHealth workersHealthcare workersCOVID-19Multivariable logistic regression analysisLocal public health facilitiesPublic health facilitiesTotal study subjectsLogistic regression analysisNurses/midwivesAdequate knowledgeCOVID-19 pandemicIndependent associationChronic diseasesHealth facilitiesStudy subjectsSatisfactory perceptionOutcome variablesPredictors of willingnessKarnali ProvinceHealthcare servicesInadequate knowledgeRegression analysisMidwivesA Cross-Sectional Survey Analyzing Community Perception and Utilization of Village Health Workers Stratified by the Urban-Rural Divide Within the Kingdom of Bhutan
Hauc SC, Tshering D, Feliciano J, Atayde AMP, Aboukhater LM, Dorjee K, Dukpa T, Rinchen P, Yoezer N, Luc CM, Adhikari RN, Lhamo K, Khoshnood K. A Cross-Sectional Survey Analyzing Community Perception and Utilization of Village Health Workers Stratified by the Urban-Rural Divide Within the Kingdom of Bhutan. Asia Pacific Journal Of Public Health 2020, 33: 113-116. PMID: 33174437, DOI: 10.1177/1010539520969232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluating the effect of village health workers on hospital admission rates and their economic impact in the Kingdom of Bhutan
Hauc SC, Tshering D, Feliciano J, Atayde AMP, Aboukhater LM, Dorjee K, Dukpa T, Rinchen P, Yoezer N, Luc CM, Adhikari RN, Lhamo K, Khoshnood K. Evaluating the effect of village health workers on hospital admission rates and their economic impact in the Kingdom of Bhutan. BMC Public Health 2020, 20: 1277. PMID: 32838794, PMCID: PMC7445904, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09347-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admission ratesHealth workersHealth centersAdmission ratesHealthcare costsDisease casesMultivariate logistic regression modelBhutanese healthcare systemVillage health workersDepression/anxietyNon-significant increaseLogistic regression modelsOne-unit increaseClinic admissionHospital admissionInpatient visitsOutpatient visitsDental cariesSkin infectionsWound careVHWsAdmissionTotal cost savingsHealthcare systemDisease of interest
2009
A Role for Community Health Promoters in Tuberculosis Control in the State of Chiapas, Mexico
Herce ME, Chapman JA, Castro A, García-Salyano G, Khoshnood K. A Role for Community Health Promoters in Tuberculosis Control in the State of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal Of Community Health 2009, 35: 182-189. PMID: 20033836, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9206-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultCommunity Health PlanningCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersComplementary TherapiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMedicine, TraditionalMexicoMiddle AgedMultilingualismQualitative ResearchRural Health ServicesTuberculosisVolunteersWorkforceYoung AdultConceptsHealth promotersCommunity health promotersTuberculosis Control ProgrammeCommunity health workersHealth care infrastructureMedicinal plant therapyTB controlTuberculosis controlTB epidemicPublic health workHealth workersParasitic infectionsIndian ethnicityPatientsCare infrastructurePlant therapiesAllopathic medicineEssential medicinesHealth workMedicine cabinetOne-thirdStructured interviewsControl programsOne-fifthBiomedical treatment