Using theory and formative research to design interventions to improve community health worker motivation, retention and performance in Mozambique and Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being used in low-income countries to address human resources shortages, yet there remain few effective, evidence-based strategies for addressing the enduring programmatic constraints of worker motivation, retention and performance. This paper describes how two interventions were designed by the Innovations at Scale for Community Access and Lasting Effects (inSCALE) project to address these constraints in Uganda and Mozambique drawing on behavioural theory and formative research results.

Methods

A review of the work motivation and CHW motivation literature--incorporating influences on retention and performance--was conducted on articles sourced through electronic web searches. Formative research with a focus on the

SUBMITTER: Strachan DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426548 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature