The experiences of lay health workers trained in task-shifting psychological interventions: a qualitative systematic review

Table 2 Table of characteristics of LHWs

First author/year	LHW	Total no. of LHWs	Previous qualifications of LHW	Previous training/role within the community
Armstrong, J., 2003	Paraprofessional counsellors	12	Unknown	Five people had no previous counselling training while seven had some form of training experience
Naeem, S., 2003	Lay women	19	Unknown	No previous training
Jordans, M.J., 2007	Paraprofessionals	26	Minimal educational background (i.e., mainly high school level, with a few college-level participants	Unknown
Rahman, A., 2007	Lady health workers	24	Completed secondary school	Trained to provide mainly preventative mother and child health care and education
Pereira, B., 2011	Lay health counsellor	17	Unknown	Unknown
Coe, C., 2013	Volunteer befrienders	14	Unknown	No previous training
Atif, N., 2016	Peer volunteers	8	They had an education of at least 10 years	No previous training
Maulik, P.K., 2016	Accredited social health activist (ASHA)	4	Unknown	Responsible for providing basic maternal and child care through government funded schemes
Chibanda, D., 2017	Lay health workers	7	Mean of 8 years of education	Previous training in home based care for people living with HIV and AIDS, in community follow-up of persons on TB treatment and in delivering community health education and promotion
Khan, M.N., 2017	Lay helpers	2	Lay helpers had 16 years of education	No previous training