Performance of volunteer community health workers in implementing home-fortification interventions in Bangladesh: A qualitative investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

BRAC, an international development organisation based in Bangladesh, uses female volunteer community health workers called Shasthya Shebika (SS), who receive small incentives to implement its home-fortification interventions at the community level. This paper examines the individual, community and BRAC work environment factors that exert an influence on the performance of SS.

Methods

This qualitative study was conducted between the period of June 2014 to December 2016 as part of a larger evaluation of BRAC's home-fortification programme. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews and analysed thematically. The participants were SS and their supervisors working for BRAC, caregivers of children aged 6-59

SUBMITTER: Sarma H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7112190 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature