Understanding the importance of non-material factors in retaining community health workers in low-income settings: a qualitative case-study in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The motivation and retention of community health workers (CHWs) is a challenge and inadequately addressed in research and policy. We sought to identify factors influencing the retention of CHWs in Ethiopia and ways to avert their exit.

Design

A qualitative study was undertaken using in-depth interviews with the study participants. Interviews were audio-recorded, and then simultaneously translated into English and transcribed for analysis. Data were analysed in NVivo 12 using an iterative inductive-deductive approach.

Setting

The study was conducted in two districts each in the Tigray and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Republic (SNNPR) regions in Ethiopia. Respondents were located in a mix of rural and urban settings.

Participants

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SUBMITTER: Arora N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature