Table 6.

Role of CHWs

Type of role	Responsibility
1. Educational role	Facilitate the delivery of culturally appropriate interventions in community language. Under supervision, CHWs provided instructions on holistic clinical approach: infant care, hygiene, skin care, nutrition, accident prevention.
2. Navigational role	Help patients negotiate with the health system to reduce barriers to screening. Follow-up with participants in person or over the phone. Promote awareness of the preventive interventions available to the population. Support participants to make appointments. Assist patients with transportation. Provide access to resources, such as food. Conduct home visits or do telephone follow-ups. Help patients set weekly goals and record whether those goals were achieved periodically.
3. Support role	Provide social support through developing supportive relationships with participants. Provide informal counselling and motivational talks to participants. Participate in physical activity with community members such as walking.
4. Research role	Recruitment of participants. Conduct interviews and collect quantitative data. Assessment of behaviour change.

CHWs, community health workers.