HRH Global Resource Center - Honduras

Primary Health Care for Remote Village Communities in Honduras: a Model for Training and Support of Community Health Workers

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:51:42 +0000

This article presents a model for the development of sustainable primary health care in village communities in Honduras through the training and support of community health workers. [from author]

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America?

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:40:46 +0000

This research brief outlines a study done Belize, Honduras and Guatemala on the current and potential future role of faith-based organizations in HIV prevention and care. [adapted from author]

Role of Faith-Based Organziations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:55:32 +0000

This report summarizes the findings of an exploratory, qualitative study of FBO involvement in HIV/AIDS in three Central American countries hard hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. It provides an overview of the epidemics in each country studied and the range of HIV prevention and care activities conducted by FBOs. Further, it discusses the facilitators of these activities, as well as the challenges to FBO involvement in HIV prevention and care. [from preface]

Expansion of the Role of Nurse Auxiliaries in the Delivery of Reproductive Health Services in Honduras

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:30:18 +0000

The nurse auxiliaries who work at the rural health centers (CESARs) of the Honduran Ministry of Health (MOH) are frequently the only source of reproductive health services in the communities they serve. In order to increase access to long-term family planning methods, the MOH and the Population Council’s INOPAL III Project conducted an operations research study from 1997 to 1998 to see if nurse auxiliaries could provide good quality IUD, Depo-Provera and vaginal cytology services without health risks for their clients.

Community Health Worker Incentives and Disincentives: How They Affect Motivation, Retention and Sustainability

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:35:31 +0000

This paper examines the experience with using various incentives to motivate and retain community health workers (CHWs) serving primarily as volunteers in child health and nutrition programs in developing countries.

Social Franchising of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Honduras and Nicaragua

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:22:28 +0000

This document outlines the outcome of three franchising projects implemented by Partners of Marie Stopes International (MSI) in Honduras and Nicaragua. The projects were designed to pilot full and partial social franchising models as part of an initiative to test and develop alternative forms of delivering quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services by a non government organisation (NGO). [abstract]