A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran

Sara Javanparast; Frances Baum; Ronald Labonte; David Sanders; Gholamreza Heidari; Sakineh Rezaie

doi:10.1057/jphp.2011.7

A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran

Sara Javanparast, Frances Baum, Ronald Labonte, David Sanders, Gholamreza Heidari, Sakineh Rezaie

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Abstract

Iran's Community Health Worker (CHW) programme survived as an integral element of the health system during a period when many other nations CHW programmes collapsed and therefore warrants detailed analysis of the policies supporting the programme. We draw on a wide range of information about the Iranian programme and from this analysis draw important lessons on how to improve rural population health outcomes through Primary Health Care.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-276
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Public Health Policy
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2011.7
Publication status	Published - May 2011

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community health worker
comprehensive primary health care
health policy

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