Impact of peer-trainer leadership style on uptake of a peer led educational outreach intervention to improve tuberculosis care and outcomes in Malawi: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about how to build leadership capacity to support implementation of evidence-based practices within health systems. We observed substantial variability across sites in uptake and sustainability of a peer-led educational outreach intervention for lay health workers (LHWs) providing tuberculosis care in Malawi. Feedback from peer-trainers (PTs) suggested that leadership may have contributed to the variation. We sought to assess the impact of PT leadership style on implementation, and to identify leadership traits of more successful PTs, to inform future implementation planning and to identify targets for leadership capacity building.

Methods

Qualitative study employing interviews with PTs and LHWs at high and low implementation sites, and review of s

SUBMITTER: Puchalski Ritchie LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275352 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature