Javanparast, S.Baum, F.Labonte, R.Sanders, D.Heidari, G.2012-08-232012-08-232011Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Labonte, R., Sanders, D., Heidari, G., & Razaie, S. (2011). A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran. Journal of Public Health Policy, 32 (2): 263-276. doi:10.1057/jphp.2011.70197-5897http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50195http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/journal/v32/n2/abs/jphp20117a.htmlIran's Community Health Worker (CHW) programme survived as an integral element of the health system during a period when many other nations’ CHW programmes collapsed and therefore warrants detailed analysis of the policies supporting the programme. We draw on a wide range of information about the Iranian programme and from this analysis draw important lessons on how to improve rural population health outcomes through Primary Health Care.Iran's Community Health Worker (CHW) programme survived as an integral element of the health system during a period when many other nations’ CHW programmes collapsed and therefore warrants detailed analysis of the policies supporting the programme. We draw on a wide range of information about the Iranian programme and from this analysis draw important lessons on how to improve rural population health outcomes through Primary Health Care.Textp. 263-276enCOMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERSHEALTH POLICYCOMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARERURAL HEALTHIRANPRIMARY HEALTH CAREAbstract