Table 1.

Study sites

Site
Rhusa:
Access to diagnostic and treatment facilities of Christian Medical College
Has been providing community outreach and cancer screening for over a decade with great success
Uses CHWs (also known as health aides); local women hired and trained to do community health outreach – services include building educational awareness ND providing antenatal care at the sub-centers
Provides primary and secondary health care through its 75-bed community health center and 18 sub-centers to a population of approximately 120 000
Padhar Hospital:
Established in 1958, a 200-bed, multi-specialty hospital with a relatively new community health program, providing care to the surrounding tribal villages [26]
Also relies on paid CHWs to provide care services as well as non-health social support services through a combination of household visits and at organized health camps.
Christian Hospital Mungeli:
Established in 1896, a 120-bed rural hospital providing a wide range of medical services to the surrounding communities [27]
Access to a low-cost cancer radiation and chemotherapy services
No CHW program - this project, Mungeli recruited nursing students (known as community college nursing assistants or CCNAs) and train them as CHWs

CHW – community health worker