Dr Liana Chase's Outputs (2)

Valuing Community Workers in Global Mental Health: Critical Ethnography of a Psychosocial Intervention in Post-Earthquake Nepal (2022)
Journal Article
Chase, L., Shrestha, S., Sidgel, K., Rumba, S., Shrestha, P., & Gurung, D. (2022). Valuing Community Workers in Global Mental Health: Critical Ethnography of a Psychosocial Intervention in Post-Earthquake Nepal. Studies in Nepali history and society, 27(2), 317-352

There is growing consensus that aspects of mental healthcare can be effectively delivered by lay community members with as little as a few days to a few months of training. In the field of Global Mental Health, the deployment of such “community worke... Read More about Valuing Community Workers in Global Mental Health: Critical Ethnography of a Psychosocial Intervention in Post-Earthquake Nepal.

Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmed, S., Chase, L. E., Wagnild, J., Akhter, N., Sturridge, S., Clarke, A., Chowdhary, P., Mukami, D., Kasim, A., & Hampshire, K. (2022). Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01615-y

Background: The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Yet there is limited evidence on whether and how CHW programmes achieve this. Th... Read More about Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice.