Supportive supervision of close-to-community providers of health care: Findings from action research conducted in two counties in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Close-to-community (CTC) providers of health care are a crucial workforce for delivery of high-quality and universal health coverage. There is limited evidence on the effect of training supervisors of this cadre in supportive supervision. Our study aimed to demonstrate the effects of a training intervention on the approach to and frequency of supervision of CTC providers of health care.

Methods

We conducted a context analysis in 2013 in two Kenyan counties to assess factors that influenced delivery of community health services. Supervision was identified a priority factor that needed to be addressed to improve community health services. Supervision was inadequate due to lack of supervisor capacity in supportive approaches and lack of supervision guidelines. We des

SUBMITTER: Karuga RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541245 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature