title: Health Workers for Change as a health systems management and development tool.
abstract: In this paper we draw overall conclusions concerning the Health Workers for Change (HWFC) methodology as a management and health systems development tool. We examine how HWFC has contributed to an elucidation of the four main themes with which this special Issue is concerned, namely: the value of participatory training; the need for gender sensitivity in health services; the impact of the HWFC intervention on gender sensitivity and quality of care in health services; and the ability to replicate the HWFC intervention in a variety of cultural and geographical sites. The paper concludes that HWFC is a useful health systems development tool, discusses other applications of HWFC beyond those reported in this Issue and makes several recommendations concerning its future use.
authors.affiliation: Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Paramaribo, Suriname. Vlassoff@sur.paho.org
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlassoff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fonn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011287:Prejudice; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012922:Social Change; D013019:South Africa; D014932:Women's Health Services