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Effectiveness of interventions by non-professional community-level workers or family caregivers to improve outcomes for physical impairments or disabilities in low resource settings: systematic review of task-sharing strategies

Abstract

BackgroundIn low-resource settings, access to basic rehabilitation could be supplemented by community-level interventions provided by community health workers, health volunteers, or family caregivers. Yet, it is unclear whether basic physical rehabilitation interventions delivered to adults by non-professional alternative resources in the community, under task-shifting or task-sharing approaches, are effective as those delivered by skilled …

Authors

Kumurenzi A; Richardson J; Thabane L; Kagwiza J; Urimubenshi G; Hamilton L; Bosch J; Jesus T

Journal

Human Resources for Health, Vol. 21, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

DOI

10.1186/s12960-023-00831-7

ISSN

0859-8037