Review of performance-based incentives in community-based family planning programmes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One strategy for improving family planning (FP) uptake at the community level is the use of performance-based incentives (PBIs), which offer community distributors financial incentives to recruit more users of FP. This article examines the use of PBIs in community-based FP programmes via a literature search of the peer-reviewed and grey literature conducted in April 2013.

Results

A total of 28 community-based FP programmes in 21 countries were identified as having used PBIs. The most common approach was a sales commission model where distributors received commission for FP products sold, while a referral payment model for long-term methods was also used extensively. Six evaluations were identified that specifically examined the impact of the PBI in community-based

SUBMITTER: Bellows NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4392304 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature