Getting more than "claps": incentive preferences of voluntary community-based mobilizers in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Marie Stopes Tanzania works with a voluntary cadre of 66 community-based mobilizers (CBMs), who are tasked with raising awareness, generating demand and providing referral to potential clients for family planning, comprehensive post-abortion care and cervical cancer screening. CBMs extend the reach of urban clinics to peri-urban communities, enhancing access to sexual and reproductive health services. In an effort to optimize performance of CBMs, a study was conducted to explore the drivers of CBM motivation and inform the design of an incentive scheme.

Methods

Three focus group discussions with 17 CBMs and 11 interviews with CBM supervisors and managers were conducted in three clinics and the head office. After thematic analysis of transcripts, findings on motiva

SUBMITTER: Kok M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6918602 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature