Assessing community health workers' performance motivation: a mixed-methods approach on India's Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the performance motivation of community health workers (CHWs) and its determinants on India's Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) programme.

Design

Cross-sectional study employing mixed-methods approach involved survey and focus group discussions.

Setting

The state of Orissa.

Participants

386 CHWs representing 10% of the total CHWs in the chosen districts and from settings selected through a multi-stage stratified sampling.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The level of performance motivation among the CHWs, its determinants and their current status as per the perceptions of the CHWs.

Results

The level of performance motivation was the highest for the individual and the community level factors (mean score 5.

SUBMITTER: Gopalan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488714 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature