Dr. Sherri Kirkpatrick visiting with a community health volunteer in Rai village, Nepal

We're excited to announce that HealthEd Connect is again in print!  HealthEd Connect co-founder Dr. Sherri Kirkpatrick and two colleagues, Jan Elliott, a long-time supporter of HealthEd Connect, and Wilaiporn Rojjanasrirat, a Graceland nursing faculty member, received word last week that an article they'd been working on for months was accepted for publication in the nursing journal, Clinical Nursing Studies.  The title of the article is Sustained volunteerism: Motivational factors of community health volunteers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, and Nepal.

So why do our health workers volunteer year after year, with some having reached the incredible milestone of serving for over 30 years? To find the answer, you'll have to read the article!  But here's a hint: it's not for prestige or money. The article features interviews with our amazing health workers that Sherri conducted over several trips.  A discussion of the findings, along with quotes from our health worker volunteers, can be found on pages 15-18 of the article.

Click the title link to view the article: Sustained volunteerism:  Motivational factors of community health volunteers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, and Nepal.

We hope you enjoy learning a little more about our health worker heroes and why they volunteer year after year! 

Article Citation:

Sharon Minton Kirkpatrick, Janette Elizabeth Elliott, Wilaiporn Rojjanasrirat. (2025). Sustained volunteerism: Motivational factors of community health volunteers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, and Nepal. Clinical Nursing Studies, 13(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.5430/cns.v13n1p11 http://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/cns/issue/view/1927.