August 19, 2025BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Contributions of a community health worker program in improving district health system performance in South Africa, using routine health service variables in a quasi-experimental study design

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LTLeena Susan Thomas JJJoyce C. JordaanUniversity of Pretoria YPYogan G. PillayUniversity of Pretoria

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Quasi-experimental study shows improved health outcomes in Ekurhuleni with community health worker teams, indicating their effectiveness in health system performance.

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Intervention clinics showed significant improvements in six health variables, while controls improved in four.
Overall, intervention clinics fared better pre to post in 78% of the nine health service variables studied.
Analysis of routine health service variables monitored performance over nine years in urban South Africa.
Sustained CHW programs effectively enhance health system performance, suggesting critical resource allocation considerations.

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Thomas et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af33e9cf1dd9ea359e927d https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12772-z

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Quasi-experimental study shows improved health outcomes in Ekurhuleni with community health worker teams, indicating their effectiveness in health system performance.

Contributions of a community health worker program in improving district health system performance in South Africa, using routine health service variables in a quasi-experimental study design

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Contributions of a community health worker program in improving district health system performance in South Africa, using routine health service variables in a quasi-experimental study design

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