COVID-19 Guide for Community Health Workers
This is a guide for community health workers about COVID-19. It was developed for health workers in under-resourced and rural settings. Working in their own study groups, community health workers can use this guide to learn how to:
- educate community members on COVID-19
- diagnose and manage COVID-19
- prevent the spread of COVID-19
- protect themselves from COVID-19.
- Full title: COVID-19 Guide for Community Health Workers:
- Author(s): Dave Woods, Angela Dramowski and Roseanne Turner
- Print ISBN: 978-1-928313-19-9
- Reflowable ebook ISBN: 978-1-928313-19-9
- PDF-ebook ISBN: 978-1-928313-19-9
About the authors
Prof David Woods is a retired neonatologist in Cape Town and the editor-in-chief of the renowned Perinatal Education Programme. He is passionate about self-empowered distant learning for all health professionals.
Dr Angela Dramowski is a paediatric infectious diseases specialist with a passion for improving infection prevention and control practices and an interest in the education of healthcare professionals.
Roseanne Turner is a critical care nurse and nurse educator with a special interest in mental health and self-care. For the past decade, she has been working in the NPO sector as an evaluator and trainer working with all cadre of health and social care providers including community health workers.
Acknowledgements
COVID-19 Guide for Community Health Workers has been developed specifically for community health workers by Bettercare. Much of the learning methodology has been adapted from the Perinatal Education Programme course books for health professionals.
We acknowledge all the participants of the Skills to Care Learning Programme who have made suggestions and offered constructive criticism during the development of this coursebook. It is only through constant feedback from colleagues and participants that the content of the coursebook can be improved.
Bettercare would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Small Projects Foundation (SPF) in supporting this project.
SPF is a conscientious non-governmental organisation that has contributed to community empowerment and development in the Eastern Cape and across South Africa. Established in January 1988, SPF is a community development and training trust that operates under the governance of a non-remunerated Board of Trustees. SPF specialises in the areas of project management, social marketing, development facilitation, training, innovative development, research and evaluation.
Kistefos AS provided a generous grant to Small Projects Foundation to fund the development and production of this course.
May this book provide greater understanding and bring benefit to community health workers and the communities they serve.
