Community health worker motivation to perform systematic household contact tuberculosis investigation in a high burden metropolitan district in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

South Africa faces a chronic shortage of professional health workers. Accordingly, community health workers (CHWs) are being employed to mitigate the ongoing health workforce deficiencies. As increased access to quality service delivery hinges upon their motivation, this study explored CHWs' motivation to deliver systematic household contact tuberculosis (TB) investigation (SHCI).

Methods

In 2017, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among CHWs in the Mangaung Metropolitan District, Free State Province. Exploratory factor analysis was performed on a 30-item scale to determine the dimensions underlying CHW motivation. Items with factor loadings of 0.4 and above were retained. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used to determine CHW motivation levels. Multi

SUBMITTER: Kigozi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499870 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature